Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 1/10/2000
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of January 10, 2000
- Arab tour by Sudanese president
Sudanese President Omar El Bashir headed today to Manama in a tour which is to include Bahrain and Yemen. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 1/15/2000 - Relief workers killed in Sudan
A Norwegian relief worker announced on Friday that eight relief workers were killed in southern Sudan when rebels from Uganda set fire to their car. Sudan, Politics, 1/15/2000 - Phone calls between Gaddafi and Garang Libya-Sudan, Politics, 1/14/2000
- Clinton's envoy to Sudan discuss in London a plan to achieve peace
The US special envoy to Sudan, Harry Johnston, has held talks in Britain with British officials and Sudanese figures. The talks centered on the coming US move to establish peace in Sudan in the light of the new differences between the Sudanese rule and the opposition. Sudan-USA, Politics, 1/14/2000 - Sudanese president to visit Bahrain, Yemen
A Sudanese daily published on Wednesday said that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will visit Yemen on Saturday and then Bahrain in the course of his efforts to strengthen ties between Arab and African states. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 1/13/2000 - El-Bashir receives a phone call from Mubarak Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 1/12/2000
- Sudanese opposition holds four security men
The Sudanese daily al-Anbaa quoted the governor of the Blue Nile (al-Neel al-Azraq) province in the southeastern part of Sudan as saying that the Sudanese opposition has seized four men from the Sudanese security sources as hostages during an armed attack. Sudan, Politics, 1/12/2000 - Sudanese minister in Cairo in days to prepare for convening national discussion conference Sudan, Politics, 1/11/2000
- Uganda releases some 72 Sudanese prisoners
Uganda on Monday released 72 Sudanese prisoners who were arrested during two years of wars in the northern part of the country. This was in the course of implementing the agreement which was signed in December 1999 between the two countries to end activities carried out by rebels along their joint borders. Sudan-Uganda, Politics, 1/11/2000 - Two international rescue workers killed in southern Sudan ambush
Two Sudanese citizens working with the US rescue agency CARE were killed in an ambush made by the rebels in Sudan while two of their colleagues are still missing. Sudan, Politics, 1/10/2000