Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 12/21/1998
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of December 21, 1998
- Sudan wants to join World Trade Organization
Through its embassy in Geneva, Sudan has sent a private memorandum concerning joining the World Trade Organization to the organization's secretary general. Sudan, Economics, 12/26/1998 - Al-Turabi denies visit to Afghanistan Sudan, Politics, 12/26/1998
- Al-Turabi to visit Qandahar, meet with Bin Laden
Well-informed Afghani sources told the London- based al-Hayat daily that preparations are underway in the city of of Qandahar, the main center of the Taleban movement, to receive former Sudanese Parliamentary Speaker Hassan al-Turabi who is expected to arrive there in a visit during which he will meet with Osama Bin Laden. Sudan-Afghanistan, Politics, 12/24/1998 - Humanitarian organizations warn: Gloomy year awaits the Sudanese
Humanitarian organizations working in Sudan expect the year 1999 to be gloomy for more 4 million Sudanese civilians, who during 1998 suffered from fighting, starvation and floods. Sudan, Economics, 12/24/1998 - Al-Turabi resigns from the parliament s presidency Sudan, Politics, 12/22/1998
- El-Mahdi's return not due to Sudanese communication
Sudanese Minister of Culture and Information Gazai Salah El-Din, the spokesman of the Sudanese government, said he heard from newspapers about the return of former Sudanese Prime Minister El-Sadiq El-Mahdi to Khartoum. Sudan, Politics, 12/21/1998