Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 5/20/2002
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of May 20, 2002
- Arab League to appoint special envoy on Sudan
The chairman of the Sudanese opposition al-Ummah ( nation) party has expressed optimism over the future of the political conditions in Sudan. he disclosed that the Arab League will appoint a special envoy concerning Sudan. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 5/25/2002 - US pressures Sudan on slavery issue
The US has approved on Thursday evening an international report concerning recommendations of the report which launches a presidential campaign against slavery. Sudan-USA, Politics, 5/25/2002 - Arab League to follow up the Sudanese reconciliation issue
The secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa has stressed that the AL is continuing its efforts in dealing with the Sudanese issue with the aim of supporting peace opportunities and achieving national reconciliation in Sudan. Regional-Sudan, Politics, 5/24/2002 - Sudan- Turkish cooperation
The Turkish minister of state Ramadan Meirza Oglo discussed during his meeting on Wednesday in Ankara with the Sudanese minister of transport Muhammad Hassan al-Bahi financial and technical issues relating to the establishment of a sugar factory in Sudan by Turkish factories. This factory is planned to produce 300,000 tons of process sugar annually. Sudan-Turkey, Economics, 5/23/2002 - The US and Sudan
The US announced on Monday evening that it intends to strengthen its support for the regional peace efforts in Sudan following the meeting held between the US President George Bush and his special envoy to this country former senator John Danforth. Sudan-USA, Politics, 5/22/2002 - Al-Assad confers with Sudan's vice president
The two sides reviewed works of the joint Syrian- Sudanese higher committee and prospects of bilateral cooperation and measures that would help the development of bilateral relations for the interests of the two states. Syria-Sudan, Politics, 5/21/2002 - On the allocation of Sudan's natural resources
The Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael has stressed Sudan's categorical rejection to share oil resources with the rebel movement led by John Garang, adding that oil and gold and other minerals are national resources for all the people of Sudan and its sharing and distribution are governed by the constitution and the law. Sudan, Politics, 5/21/2002 - Tribal conflict in Sudan Sudan, Local, 5/21/2002
- Sudan ready to share oil with its south, not with the rebels
The Sudanese government on Sunday announced its readiness to share oil revenues with the south but not with the rebels, as proposed by the US special envoy John Danforth. Sudan, Politics, 5/20/2002 - Sudan and the conflict in Uganda
The Sudanese minister of Labor and administrative reforms Lt. Gen. Alsoun Manaya stressed that 210 Sudanese were killed from the conflict taking place between the Ugandan army and the fighters of the so called Uganda's opposition al-Rabb army. Sudan-Uganda, Politics, 5/20/2002