Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 4/23/2001
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of April 23, 2001
- The US and Sudan to raise diplomatic representation
The US secretary of state Colin Powell said that the US proposed to the Sudanese government that the two countries are to cooperate in what can lead to raising the level of US diplomatic representation in Khartoum. Sudan-USA, Politics, 4/28/2001 - Sudan and the kidnappers of the Ethiopian plane
The Sudanese minister of information Ghazi Salah Eddine al-Atabani has said that his country does not intend to hand over the five high-jackers of the Ethiopian plane who surrendered themselves on Thursday evening to the Sudanese authorities. Sudan-Ethiopia, Local, 4/28/2001 - Sudanese government welcomes Carter's initiative to end the war in Southern Sudan
The Sudanese government has welcomed the joint initiative to be proposed by former US President Jimmy Carter together with the deputy premier in the United Arab Emirates UAE Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan to end the war in Southern Sudan and to contribute into an international aids program to relieve those who are damaged by the war. Sudan, Politics, 4/26/2001 - Garang to evacuate Jews to Israel
The Sudanese daily al-Sharee al-Seyasi ( the political street) said on Tuesday that the rebel movement which is led by John Garang in Southern Sudan seeks by appointing the Jew David Basyouni, as a prime minister for his government which he had announced in Southern Sudan to prove that there is a small tribe at the Ethiopian- Sudanese borders belong to the Falasha Jews, with the intention to bargain it with Israel in order to win more funds and please the Israeli officials. Sudan, Politics, 4/25/2001 - American archbishops for ending the war in Sudan
Catholic archbishops in the US have called on the US President George Bush to appoint a special envoy in Sudan so that the US will lead efforts to end the war in Sudan. Sudan-USA, Politics, 4/25/2001 - Passports withdrawn from leading figures of the People's Congress
The Sudanese daily "al-Share' al-Seyasi" ( political street) has stated that the Sudanese government is determined to withdraw the nationality and passports from several leaderships of the People's Congress, led by Hassan al-Turabi, currently detained after the escalation of their activities abroad and inside the country and has become a threat to national security in Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 4/23/2001 - Sudan and IGAD summit Sudan, Politics, 4/23/2001