Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 1/18/1999
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of January 18, 1999
- Sudanese foreign minister: 1999 a year for resuming relations with Arab states
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael announced that 1999 will be a year that represents the full return of Sudanese - Arab relations and normalization with the Arab states. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 1/23/1999 - Revolutionary committee movement withdraws from ruling National Conference in Sudan
Akoud Abdul Qader, an official in the revolutionary committees movement, expressed his intention to declare war on the political parties, saying that the law allows the formation of political organizations instead of parties. Sudan, Politics, 1/23/1999 - No changes in agreement on Nile water between Egypt and Sudan
Sudanese Minister of Irrigation Sherif Tuhami confirmed that the Nile water sharing agreement signed between Egypt and Sudan in November 1959, is still in effect without any limit on its duration. Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 1/21/1999