Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 7/10/2000
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of July 10, 2000
- Head of opposition Sudanese alliance: Bashir deceived the people
Mohammed Ossman El-Merghani, head of the opposition Sudanese democratic national alliance assured that "the Sudanese tragedy is about to end, accusing al-Bashir's system of deceiving the Sudanese people and the neighbor countries." Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 7/15/2000 - Opposition Sudanese forces will dissolved in case of agreement with government
Abd El-Aziz Khaled, the commander of the opposition Sudanese alliance forces assured that his forces will be dissolved in case of reaching an agreement with the Sudanese government. Sudan, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Al-Mahdi calls for protecting Egyptian - Sudanese relations
The leader of the opposition Sudanese Ummah party and former Sudanese prime minister al-Sadeq al-Mahdi has called for strengthening the special relations between Egypt and Sudan and to foster its legitimacy on a vast people and official base to protect these relations from changes and ups and downs. Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Saudi - Sudanese talks Sudan-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/13/2000
- El-Mahdi welcomes discussion between government and opposition
El-Sadek El-Mahdi, chief of the Sudanese Umma party welcomed the decision of the opposition Sudanese alliance for responding to Egypt's call to convene a preparatory meeting between the government and the opposition. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 7/13/2000 - An attempt to assassinate Torabi
One of the close leaders to Hassan al-Torabi said that "there was an assassination attempt lately to kill al-Torabi" referring that "it is not the first one (attempt)." Sudan, Politics, 7/13/2000 - Cabinet reshuffle in Sudan
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday made a ministerial reshuffle that covered several ministries after two ministers had resigned to join the people's national congress, led by Hassan al-Turabi. Sudan, Politics, 7/11/2000 - Africa chooses Sudan to sit in UN Security Council
Sudan was picked by the African group at the United Nations to sit in the Security council for a two-year term starting next January 1st. Sudan, Politics, 7/11/2000 - Sudanese opposition agrees on a preparatory meeting with the government
The opposition Sudanese alliance ended its meetings yesterday in Cairo by taking a decision to fulfill Egypt's call for holding a preparatory meeting that comprises the government and the opposition assembly in coming month in Cairo. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 7/10/2000