Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 5/24/1999
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of May 24, 1999
- A Sudanese - Egyptian summit
Sudanese sources stated that, "A Sudanese - Egyptian summit will be convened at the beginning of the coming month during the visit of Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir to Egypt." Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 5/29/1999 - Algerian - Sudanese relations return to normal
The Algerian news agency said yesterday that "the diplomatic representation between Algeria and Sudan will be raised to the ambassadors' level" in developing relations between the two states which have been tense since 1993 Algeria-Sudan, Politics, 5/29/1999 - Gadaffi receives head of Sudanese opposition alliance
Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi received yesterday Mohammed Othman El-Mergani, the leader of Democratic Unionist Party and head of Sudanese opposition National Democratic Alliance along with El-Mergani's accompanying delegation that is currently visiting Libya. Libya-Sudan, Politics, 5/29/1999 - North African Arab states will have over 250 million inhabitants in 2025
A new report says that the population of the Arab states in North Africa will likely exceed 250 million inhabitants in 2025 including the most populated states of Egypt, Morocco, Sudan, Algeria and the less populated Libya and Tunisia Sudan, Culture, 5/29/1999 - Jimmy Carter to mediate between Khartoum and Kampala
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will arrive in Khartoum during June to raise a mediation between Sudan and Uganda and to end a rupture that has lasted five years between the two neighboring countries, which are exchanging accusations of supporting the opposition. Sudan-Uganda-USA, Politics, 5/28/1999 - Algeria - Sudan talks Algeria-Sudan, Politics, 5/28/1999
- UN: Sudanese government, faction reach agreement that will help humanitarian operations Sudan-UN, Politics, 5/28/1999
- Sudan: elements of integration and unity with Egypt are available Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 5/28/1999
- Nimeiri urges Sudanese use national discussion to reach permanent reconciliation
Former Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiri newly assured the primacy of the Sudanese - Egyptian relations whether on the formal or public level, adding that this primacy obliges Sudan to work on developing bilateral relations and achieving comprehensive integration in all aspects of political, economic, and social life with Egypt. Sudan, Politics, 5/27/1999 - A new phase in the Sudanese - Egyptian relations
Ahmed Abd El-Halim, Sudan's ambassador in Cairo, stated that Egyptian - Sudanese relations will witness a new phase during the coming period in which work among ministers and their counterparts in the two states will take place directly to support cooperation in different fields so that relations can return to normalcy as they were in the era of integration. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 5/27/1999 - Sudanese official delegation visits Libya, Sudanese civil rights activist released
Libyan television broadcast that a Sudanese official delegation chaired by Sudanese Minister of Culture and Information Ghazi Salah al-Din arrived yesterday in Tripoli to hold talks with Libyan officials. Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi announced last March that he intends to accelerate the mediation between the government and opposition in Sudan. Libya-Sudan, Politics, 5/27/1999 - El-Bashir expects positive changes in relations with Egypt
Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir expected a positive development in Egyptian - Sudanese relations during the coming period. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 5/26/1999 - Confrontation in southern Sudan
A Sudanese official has asserted that some 17 persons from an Arab tribe were killed and another 18 were wounded in confrontations with the rebels in southern Sudan in the Darfur federal estate. Sudan, Politics, 5/26/1999 - Sudanese government pardons Nimeiri
The Sudanese daily al-Anba said on Tuesday that the Sudanese government has informed former Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiri that he has been pardoned. Sudan, Politics, 5/26/1999 - Egypt asks travelers to Sudan to vaccinate against meningitis
The department of guidance for travels abroad in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry asked all Egyptian citizens traveling to Sudan to vaccinate against meningitis, outbreaks of which recently occurred in many areas of Sudan due to which tens of thousands were affected. Egypt-Sudan, Health, 5/26/1999 - Sudan accedes to convention on chemical weapons Sudan, Politics, 5/26/1999
- Disputes prevail in Khartoum on trying Nimeiri
For the second consecutive day after the return of former Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiri, the political debate continued between the government and the opposition on the possibility of trying Nimeiri, as some opposition filed lawsuits against Nimeiri for acts he committed during his rule from 1969 to 1985. Sudan, Politics, 5/25/1999 - Sudanese foreign minister to visit Algeria to normalize bilateral relations
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael is due to visit the Algerian capital before the end of the current month. Sudan-Algeria, Politics, 5/24/1999 - Sudanese government refuses opposition's criticism over Nimeiri's return to Khartoum
The Sudanese government has criticized the attack of some opposition parties over the decision to pardon former Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiri. Sudan, Politics, 5/24/1999 - Sudanese president meets with Nimeiri
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir met on Saturday night with former Sudanese President Jaafar Nimeiri who arrived earlier in the day in Khartoum. Sudan, Politics, 5/24/1999