Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 1/4/1999
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of January 4, 1999
- Sudan produces record cereal crop
Sudan has produced a record 6.5 million tonnes of cereal in 1998, according to a report jointly issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Rome-based UN Food And Agriculture Organization Sudan, Economics, 1/9/1999 - Sudan: seven parties licensed for the first time since 1989
The process of registering political parties started on Wednesday in Khartoum, recalling the political life Sudan witnessed for the last time during the third democratic phase in 1986-1989. Sudan, Politics, 1/8/1999 - Communist official arrested in Sudan Sudan, Politics, 1/7/1999
- Rebel awaits government's answer to return to Khartoum
The southern Sudanese rebel Karbino Kwanin returned back to the lines of the southern forces which are allied with the Sudanese government after he split from the Khartoum peace agreement and conducted a rebellion in Bahr al-Gazelle province. Sudan, Politics, 1/7/1999 - Khartoum: medicine factory issue is precondition for dialogue with Washington
The Sudanese ambassador in Washington, Mahdi Ibrahim, has asserted the importance of dialogue to settle disputes between his country and the United States. Sudan-USA, Politics, 1/7/1999 - Sudan: Islamic costumes for women, including tourists
The Sudanese government said that foreign women who are visiting Sudan should wear a scarf and cover their legs and thighs according to the Islamic practice. Sudan, Politics, 1/6/1999