Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 8/6/2001
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of August 6, 2001
- AL-Bashir ready for negotiations
The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has renewed his government's care to achieve peace and reconciliation on the ground of its desire to build a new strong and united Sudan in which all differences can be eliminated between its north and south. Sudan, Politics, 8/10/2001 - Sudanese government renews commitment to Libyan- Egyptian joint initiative
The Sudanese government has renewed its commitment to the Egyptian- Libyan initiative in order to establish reconciliation in Sudan. The Sudanese government also stressed that it has completed preparations for the coming measures and welcomed the convening of the Afro- Arab summit in Tripoli by the beginning of September to discuss means of establishing reconciliation in Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 8/8/2001 - Floods in Sudan
Floods waters have besieged 25 villages on Atbara river in the Sudanese province of Nahir al-Nil ( the Nile River) and cut contacts with them, in addition to other five villages which were isolated by the waters two days earlier from the cities and villages and caused great damages in them. Sudan, Local, 8/8/2001 - Sudanese president to visit Uganda on August 19 Sudan-Uganda, Politics, 8/7/2001
- Fighting between the Sudanese government, rebel forces Sudan, Politics, 8/6/2001