Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 2/4/2002
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of February 4, 2002
- First visit by speaker of Egyptian parliament to Sudan
The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will receive the speaker of the Egyptian parliament Ahmad Fatehi Srour in the first official visit for a Speaker of the Egyptian parliament to Khartoum. The meeting is on the sideline of the meetings of the Arab- inter Parliamentary Union which starts its deliberations today in Khartoum. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 2/9/2002 - A new Sudanese strategy to achieve peace
The Sudanese government has laid a new strategy to achieve peace from the inside the country and to make constitutional and legislative amendments to attain a just division of the wealth, the authority and political pluralism, in commitment to the decentralized presidency. Sudan, Politics, 2/7/2002 - Sudan's foreign minister in Washington
In his first official visit, the Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael arrived in Washington at an official invitation from the US Congress to take part in an annual breakfast to be attended by persons representing all religions and beliefs. Sudan-USA, Politics, 2/6/2002 - EU welcomes cease fire between the Sudanese government, rebel movement
The European Union has welcomed the cease- fire agreement between the Sudanese government and the rebel movement which was signed in Switzerland in January, which is dedicated to al-Nouba mountain district to the south of Kurdovan, central west of Sudan. Sudan-European Union, Politics, 2/6/2002 - Sudanese opposition criticizes government's performance
The Sudanese opposition People's Congress party, led by Hassan al-Turabi, who has been put in a home arrest criticized the Sudanese government policy towards public freedom of citizens and called for lifting the state of emergency and canceling all freedom- restricting laws Sudan, Politics, 2/4/2002