Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 3/26/2001
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of March 26, 2001
- Al-Assad to visit Sudan Syria-Sudan, Politics, 3/31/2001
- Sudanese- Kenyan joint statement
Kenya's President Daniel Arab Moi on Friday concluded a visit to Sudan which lasted for two days during which he held talks with his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir dealt with means of developing relations between the two countries and the efforts exerted to establish peace in Southern Sudan. Sudan-Kenya, Politics, 3/31/2001 - More projects on the Nile Basin
Water resources ministers of the Nile basin states approved in conclusion of their meetings which were completed on Thursday evening in al-Khartoum the Nile projects which include Sudan, Egypt,Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Congo. Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 3/31/2001 - Three million Sudanese vulnerable to starvation
The UN Food program on Thursday warned that 3 million Sudanese are vulnerable to starvation and that thousands might die by the coming July because of food shortage as a result of drought and war. Sudan, Local, 3/30/2001 - Yemeni mediation to release al-Turabi
Well-informed Yemeni sources have noted that there are mediation efforts made by the ruling Yemeni general People's Congress party chaired by President Ali Abdullah Saleh to release the leader of the Sudanese People's Congress party, Hassan al-Turabi who is currently under arrest. Sudan-Yemen, Politics, 3/30/2001 - Meetings of water resources ministers of the Nile basin
The water resources ministers of the Nile basin have discussed challenges facing the region as a result of the Israeli ambitions to the Arab waters. Regional-Sudan, Economics, 3/30/2001 - Southern Sudanese military groups convene meetings
In the city of Malkal of the " Higher Nile" province to the southern east of Sudan on Monday meetings took place for the largest coalition of Southern military groups, signatories of the al-Khartoum agreement for peace. Sudan, Politics, 3/28/2001 - Sudan denies news on expelling al-Turabi Sudan, Politics, 3/27/2001
- Al-Turabi presides over a meeting to solve the Sudanese crisis Sudan, Politics, 3/27/2001
- Washington studies possibility of an ambassador to Khartoum; oil reserve second largest in region
The US secretary of state Colin Powel has announced that his country is currently studying the possibility of a special envoy or dispatch an ambassador representing it in Sudan in the course of its revision of the policy towards al-Khartoum. Powell said he has out this matter under a serious study. Sudan, Politics, 3/26/2001