Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 10/25/1999
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of October 25, 1999
- Sudanese government supports Egyptian - Libyan initiative
Following his meeting yesterday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael confirmed his country's great support for the initiative and its appreciation for the role Egypt played in coordination with Libya for achieving peace in Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 10/30/1999 - El-Mahdi confirms adherence to Egyptian - Libyan initiative
During his meeting with the US envoy to Sudan, Harry Johnston, in Cairo yesterday, El-Sadek El-Mahdi, leader of the Sudanese opposition Ummah Party, confirmed the adherence of his party and the Sudanese Democratic National Alliance which includes the Sudanese opposition factions, to the Egyptian - Libyan peace initiative. Sudan, Politics, 10/30/1999 - Sudanese official in Rabat to get informed on Morocco's political experience
Mohamed Ahmed Salem, the official in charge of political organizations in Sudan, is currently visiting Morocco to get informed about Morocco's political and democratic experience. Morocco-Sudan, Politics, 10/28/1999 - Britain appoints ambassador to Sudan Sudan-UK, Politics, 10/28/1999
- Sudanese military aircraft crashes Sudan, Politics, 10/28/1999
- A message from El-Bashir to Mubarak
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael stated that he will deliver a letter from Sudanese President Omar Hassan El-Bashir to Egyptian President Hosni Mubrak during his meeting with Mubarak on Thursday, in reply to reporters' questions following his third meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa yesterday. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 10/27/1999 - El-Mahdi criticizes Albright's statements and describes them as rushed and ignoring facts
El-Sadek El-Mahdi, the former Sudanese prime minister and the chief of the opposition Ummah Party, criticized the statements made by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright regarding the Egyptian - Libyan initiative for finding a comprehensive political solution to the Sudanese problem. Sudan-USA, Politics, 10/27/1999 - Asmara: IGAD initiative the best opportunity for peace in Sudan
Eritrea said it believes the efforts exerted by the governmental body for development in eastern Africa (IGAD) creates the best opportunity for halting the civil war in Sudan. Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 10/27/1999 - Christian Solidarity International loses consultative status
The United Nations Economic and Social Council revoked yesterday the consultative status of Christian Solidarity International, in response to a complaint filed by Sudan against the groupafter the group allowed the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army leader John Garang, who Sudan considers to be a terrorist, to represent it to the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva during March. Sudan-UN, Politics, 10/27/1999 - Sudanese foreign minister: Israeli trains and finances rebels in the south
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael said yesterday that Israel presents equipment, aid, weapons and training to the rebel movement in southern Sudan, saying that this information has been confirmed and was mentioned by the Israel mass media. Sudan, Politics, 10/26/1999 - Egyptian - Sudanese attack on Albright's statements on reconciliation
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael, who is currently visiting Egypt, held talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Amr Moussa, expressing his adherence to the Egyptian - Libyan initiative for reaching peace in Sudan. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 10/25/1999 - Libya: Sudan isn't in Central America
Gomaa El-Ghazani, the manager of the Libyan follow-up bureau, the Libyan ambassador to Cairo, and the former premier, criticized yesterday the negative US stance toward the Egyptian - Libyan initiative for solving the Sudanese political crisis, saying that the USA hasn't the right to intervene in Sudanese affairs, especially as Sudan isn't a state in Central America near its borders, consequently, the USA isn't concerned in the Sudanese question. Libya-Sudan-USA, Politics, 10/25/1999 - Sudanese opposition criticizes Albright's statements
El-Sadek El-Mahdi a former Sudanese prime minister and the head of the opposition Ummah Party criticized today the statement made by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, in which she stated that Washington fully supports the IGAD initiative for peace in Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 10/25/1999 - Albright : rejects Egyptian - Libyan solution to Sudan problem
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said today that the US supports the IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) initiative for peace in Sudan. Sudan-USA, Politics, 10/25/1999 - Floods in Sudan Sudan, Local, 10/25/1999
- Floods in Lebanon
Two persons were killed in Beirut on Sunday in a thunderstorm which hit the capital and resulted in large material losses. Lebanon-Sudan, Local, 10/25/1999