Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 10/30/2000
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of October 30, 2000
- Sudan, Eritrea for strengthening bilateral relations
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Friday received a message from the Eritrea ' President Asyas Afourki pertaining to bilateral relations and the efforts made by Eritrea to maintain a peaceful solution in Sudan. Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 11/4/2000 - Sudanese president criticizes US policy
The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Wednesday criticized Mauritius for ignoring the African unanimous stand on nominating his country to win a seat at the UN Security Council at a request from the US. Sudan, Politics, 11/3/2000 - New patch of al-Ummah party forces arrive back from Eritrea to Sudan
The Southern Sudanese groups which signed an agreement with the government in 1997 have accused the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in being slow in nominating his second vice president in succession to George Kanqour who was relieved recently from his post and appointed as chairman for the south Sudan council after the council's chairman Reyak Mashar resigned from this post in December 1999. Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 11/1/2000 - El-Mahdi will return to Sudan by the end of the coming month
El-Sadek El-Mahdi, the former Sudanese prime minister and chief of Umma party said that the date of his return to Sudan will be on the 23rd of the coming month. Sudan, Politics, 10/31/2000 - Sudanese official holds the US responsible for continued war in the South
Sudan's foreign relations minister Mustafa Othman Ismael has held the US responsible for the continued war in Southern Sudan, through its continued backing to the rebellion movement in Southern Sudan led by John Garang. Sudan-USA, Politics, 10/31/2000 - Sudanese party denies acts of violence plans
The Sudanese people's congress party has denied to have had plans for making a wave of acts of violence during the coming election operation in Sudan, despite the fact the this party boycotts these elections. Sudan, Politics, 10/31/2000 - Al-Turabi to boycott Sudanese elections
The secretary general of the People's Congress Party in Sudan Hassan al-Turabi announced his party will boycott the presidential and parliamentary elections and the referendum over the constitution which will start in November in Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 10/30/2000 - Al-Bashir to attend African summit
the declaration of the free trade area between these countries is considered a culmination of a series of steps and arrangements taken by this organization to reduce customs fees on trade among the member states Sudan, Politics, 10/30/2000 - Several killing in tribal conflict in Sudan
Four Sudanese police-men were killed and other four wounded while attempting to settle a tribal dispute erupted between shepherds and farmers in Jabal Murra province in the Sudanese state of Gharb Darfour last Wednesday. Sudan, Politics, 10/30/2000 - Garang welcomes discussion with El-Torabi
Yaser Arman, the spokesman of the public movement for liberating Sudan said yesterday that his movement is ready to get into a discussion with the Public Conference party and he considered Hassan El-Torabi's conversation about the movement the day before yesterday as a positive progress. Sudan, Politics, 10/30/2000