Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 3/27/2000
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of March 27, 2000
- Opposition Sudanese democratic national assembly
The opposition Sudanese National Democratic Alliance which attacked areas in Kasla and Hamshkoreeb negated any assault on civilian targets. Sudan, Politics, 4/1/2000 - Jordan, Sudan: peace can be established only through withdrawal from the Golan, south Lebanon
Jordan and Sudan have stressed the importance of committing to the march of peace on all tracks in order to achieve a just and comprehensive peace based on international legitimacy resolutions. Jordan-Sudan, Politics, 3/31/2000 - Ertirean delegation ends visit to Sudan
A high-ranking Eritrean delegation ended its visit to Khartoum to revitalize steps toward national rapport and political reconciliation among the Sudanese factions, the opposition and the government. Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 3/31/2000 - King Abdullah confers with Sudanese vice president
King Abdullah of Jordan on Wednesday in Amman received Sudanese Vice President Ali Othman Muhammad Taha and members of the accompanying delegation. Jordan-Sudan, Politics, 3/30/2000 - Sudanese message to Ethiopia
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Tuesday received a verbal message from Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, conveyed by Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Othman Ismael who is on a short visit to Addis Ababa. Sudan-Ethiopia, Politics, 3/29/2000 - A message from al-Bashir to King of Jordan Jordan-Sudan, Politics, 3/29/2000
- Jordan, Sudan for revitalizing bilateral relations
Sudanese First Vice President Ali Othman Muhammad Taha has stressed his country's desire to deepen and reactivate bilateral cooperation between Jordan and Sudan in the framework of the joint Sudanese-Jordanian higher committee which started its work on Tuesday evening. Sudan-Jordan, Politics, 3/29/2000 - Permanent delegates to Arab league demand full peace in Sudan
The Arab League council decided in concluding its works on the level of the permanent delegates at the Arab League to support efforts to achieve a full peace in southern Sudan and urged Islamic and Arab non-governmental organizations to intensify their development and humanitarian activities as well as rescue work. Regional-Sudan, Politics, 3/29/2000 - The democratic Sudanese national assembly supports the Egyptian - Libyan initiative
The Sudanese opposition coalition, the Democratic National Alliance, emphasized in its last meeting in Asmara support for the joint Egyptian - Libyan reconciliation initiative and coordination between it and the IGAD initiative. Sudan, Politics, 3/29/2000 - African diplomatic delegation visits Khartoum
An African diplomatic delegation resumed its meetings in Khartoum to discuss the peace talks with the Sudanese government concerning the civil war in the south. Sudan-International, Politics, 3/28/2000 - Sudan asks to host coming meetings of Arab foreign ministers
Informed sources in the Arab League said that Sudan demanded moving the meetings of the 114th session of the Arab foreign ministers, scheduled for September, from Cairo to Khartoum. Regional-Sudan, Politics, 3/28/2000 - Jordanian - Sudanese higher committee meets in Amman
Meetings of the 2nd session of the Jordanian - Syrian joint higher committee chaired by the two states' prime ministers started in Amman on Monday to discuss cooperation fields and means of revitalizing agreements and executive programs between the two sides. Jordan-Sudan, Politics, 3/28/2000 - Sudan Airways bans smoking effective April
Sudan Airways has decided to ban smoking on board all its flights effective 1 April, the airline said in a statement issued Monday in Khartoum. Sudan, Health, 3/28/2000 - Arab Journalists Union protests arrest of five Sudanese journalists Sudan-Regional, Politics, 3/27/2000
- Appointing a new Sudanese ambassador in U.K Sudan-UK, Politics, 3/27/2000
- Sudanese Ummah Party refuses mediation to settle disputes with opposition coalition
A leading figure at the Sudanese Ummah Party, Abdul Rasoul al-Nour, stated that there are mediation attempts carried out by Egyptian and Arab sources to contain the disputes arising in the Sudanese Democratic National Alliance, an opposition coalition, that resulted in freezing the Ummah Party's membership in the coalition in protest against its way in dealing with the issue of a political solution to the Sudanese crisis. Sudan, Politics, 3/27/2000 - Sudan warns of meningitis outbreak
The Sudanese Ministry of Health has warned citizens to avoid crowded places and direct sun in a bid to curb the spread of meningitis, cases of which claimed 2,300 lives in 1999. Sudan, Health, 3/27/2000