Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 5/7/2001
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of May 7, 2001
- On al- Qaddafi's visit to Sudan Sudan-Libya, Politics, 5/12/2001
- Qaddafi in Khartoum
Libyan President Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi who arrived in Khartoum on Thursday, held talks with the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in a visit over which several sources said it will deal with means for providing a success to the joint Libyan- Egyptian initiative and normalize Sudanese- Ugandan relations. Sudan-Libya, Politics, 5/11/2001 - Al-Qaddafi today in Sudan
The Sudanese official news agency said on Wednesday that the Libyan president Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi will visit Khartoum today ( Thursday) to hold talks with the Sudanese president. Sudan-Libya, Politics, 5/10/2001 - Sudanese officials exempted from posts Sudan, Politics, 5/10/2001
- Detainees released in Sudan Sudan, Politics, 5/10/2001
- Sudan: 60 persons killed in tribal confrontations
Tribal clashes took place in the west of Sudan resulted in killing 60 persons, at a time when the International Committee of the Red Cross announced the suspension of air flights to the Southern of Sudan after the killing of a Danish pilot after his plane was exposed to fire over the areas of Southern Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 5/10/2001 - Nigerian envoy arrives in Sudan
Former Nigerian President Ibrahim Bananjeida arrived in Khartoum on Monday evening delegated by President of Nigeria in the framework of the Nigerian efforts aiming at achieving peace in Sudan. He is accompanied by the Nigerian foreign minister. Sudan-Nigeria, Politics, 5/9/2001 - Al-Turabi's imprisonment term extended Sudan, Politics, 5/9/2001
- Illiteracy and mutilation in Sudan
Illiteracy among children in Sudan who are above 6 year old reached 34% for males and 51% among females. Sudan, Local, 5/8/2001 - Al-Mahdi was surprised by Garang in Nigeria
The Sudanese opposition nation party which is led by al-Sadeq al-Mahdi has stressed that it has settled its own options towards a comprehensive political solution by proceeding forward in continuing negotiations with the Sudanese government in order to achieve the national agenda. Sudan, Politics, 5/8/2001 - Failed meeting between al-Mahdi, Garang
The meeting held between the chairman of the Sudanese Nation's Party ( Hizb al-Ummah) al-Sadeq al-Mahdi and the leader of the rebel movement John Garang has failed. It was held in the presence of the Nigerian President, at the Nigerian capital Abuja. Sudan, Politics, 5/7/2001 - Warrant of arrest for al-Turabi and Abdul Salaam
The Sudanese minister of Justice Ali Muhammad Othman Yassin has announced that his ministry issued its " Warrant of arrest" against Omar al-Turbai and al-Mahjoub Abdul salaam, the two leaders at the Sudanese People's Congress party, led by Hassan al-Turabi, who is currently jailed, because they had signed the memorandum of understanding with the southern Sudanese rebel movement in Geneva in February this year. Sudan, Politics, 5/7/2001