Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 3/13/2000
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of March 13, 2000
- Sudanese opposition parties downplay new parties law
Representatives of the Sudanese opposition parties downplayed the new parties law, which allowed political parties freedom of work in the political arena without having to register with the government, called for in a recently adopted law. Sudan, Politics, 3/16/2000 - Egyptian ambassador to Khartoum: Egyptian - Sudanese relations are fine
Mohammed Asem, Cairo's new ambassador to Sudan, emphasized the strength of Egyptian - Sudanese relations and said they are currently fine and that there were instructions to open a new page to get over the summer cloud that affected these relations in the last period so that the relations came back to normal to achieve a continuous progress that responds to the two people's ambitions. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 3/16/2000 - Khartoum to allow opposition parties to resume activity without registration
Sudanese television said yesterday that a new draft was agreed on that allows the Sudanese opposition parties to resume their activity without being officially registered. Sudan, Politics, 3/14/2000 - State of emergency extended in Sudan
The extension of a state of emergency was announced in Khartoum as from Sunday evening until the end of this year. Sudan, Politics, 3/14/2000