Skip to content
Search

Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 12/7/1998

Originally published

Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of December 7, 1998

  • Sudanese - Egyptian talks for return of Egyptian establishments Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 12/12/1998
  • African refugees conference in al-Khartoum
    Khartoum on Thursday urged the international community to support some 27 million refugees and evacuees in Africa. In a speech he delivered before the preliminary meeting for the conference on refugees in Africa due to start deliberations in al-Khartoum on Sunday. Sudan, Politics, 12/11/1998
  • Ethiopia denies normalization with Sudan
    The Ethiopian government on Wednesday denied any closeness or inclination towards normalizing relations with Sudan, which have been nearly frozen since June 1995 when Egypt President Hosni Mubarak was exposed to a failed assassination attempt in Addis Ababa. Sudan, Politics, 12/11/1998
  • Sudanese workers threaten to hold a general strike
    Sudanese dailies issued on Wednesday said the general federation for workers in Sudan has threatened to hold a general strike if the government refuses to increase salaries. Sudan, Economics, 12/11/1998
  • Sudan defies embargo, hosts African conference on refugees
    Khartoum is getting ready to host an African conference concerning refugees on the coming Sunday, defying the air embargo by convening international meetings in Sudan. Sudan-Africa, Politics, 12/10/1998
  • 18 Sudanese army troops killed
    The Sudanese People's Liberation Army announced today that its forces have killed 18 government soldiers in battles that took place between November 27 and December 1, in west central Sudan, and it acknowledged the killing of one its troops. Sudan, Military, 12/9/1998
  • Khartoum hosts African refugee conference
    The African refugees conference hosted by Sudan convened in Khartoum on Tuesday in collaboration with the Organization of African Unity and the chairman of the African refugees committee. Sudan-Africa, Politics, 12/9/1998
  • Eritrean foreign minister visits Khartoum
    Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael has stated that Eritrean Foreign Minister Haile Weldensae will visit Khartoum to take part in the works of the African conference on refugees. Sudan-North Africa, Politics, 12/8/1998