Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 10/26/1998
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of October 26, 1998
- Clinton extends Sudan sanctions
US President Bill Clinton submitted a letter to congress Tuesday and a notice to the Federal Register yesterday extending the US national emergency in respect to Sudan, imposed on November 3, 1997. Sudan-USA, Politics, 10/29/1998 - Sudanese - Egyptian committee meets to discuss water Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 10/29/1998
- Wilderness threatens Sudan Sudan, Economics, 10/29/1998
- Sudan - Iran telecommunications Sudan-Iran, Economics, 10/29/1998
- El-Mahdi refuses call to discuss political succession law
Former prime minister and leader of the Sudanese Ummah Party Sadek El-Mahdi refused a call directed to him by the Sudanese government to discuss a draft law regulating political succession, allowing the establishment of political parties. Sudan, Politics, 10/28/1998 - Khartoum suspends newspaper for three days
The Sudanese government decided to suspend the independent newspaper "the political street" for three days. Sudan, Politics, 10/27/1998 - Aid organizations call on UN to end civil war in southern Sudan
Four aid organizations working in southern Sudan called on the UN to end the civil war and the humanitarian crisis there. Sudan-UN, Politics, 10/27/1998 - Arrest campaign targets those who escaped compulsory recruitment in Sudan Sudan, Politics, 10/27/1998