Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 8/19/2002
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of August 19, 2002
- Main points of Sudan's Mashakos peace agreement
The two sides, the Sudanese government and John Garang led rebel movement are to abide by commitment to solve the Sudanese question. The two sides work with the international monitory committee during the provisional period in order to strengthen arrangements stated by the agreement in order to make the unity of Sudan, later an optimum right and a wish for all. Sudan, Politics, 8/24/2002 - Al-Bashir optimistic over results of Mashakos agreement
The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said that the regional and international forces are standing behind Mashakos agreement recently signed between his government and the rebels of southern Sudan. He expressed his optimism that this agreement will be conducive to establishing peace in the country. Sudan, Politics, 8/24/2002 - Sudanese government denied Egyptian rejection to take part in Nairobi's negotiations Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 8/24/2002
- A new party formed in Sudan; 90,000 Eritrean refugees
In another development, the Province of Kasla to the east of Sudan has called on the UN and other organizations to lay the necessary arrangements for the return back of Eritrean refugees to their country after the end of their legal stay in Sudan and end of their asylum in Sudan by the end of September. Sudan, Politics, 8/23/2002 - Consultations on wealth sharing in Sudan
The consultation team for sharing the wealth in the Sudanese peace negotiations started talks with officials in Khartoum in order to get acquainted with the government's position on this issue. Sudan, Politics, 8/22/2002 - Libyan- Sudanese coordination
The secretary general of the people's general committee for African unity in Libya Ali Abdul Salaam al-Tureiki on Tuesday evening received a telephone call from the chairman of the Sudanese democratic coalition Muhammad Othman al-Meirghani in which he stressed his care to maintain coordination and consultation with Libya concerning Sudan's unity Libya-Sudan, Politics, 8/22/2002 - Sudanese FM calls for dealing with Halayeb issue reasonably
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mostafa Othman stressed the need to deal with Halayeb question wisely. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 8/22/2002 - Sudanese opposition political parties and Mashakos understanding Sudan, Politics, 8/21/2002
- Sudanese leadership changes; opposition members part of government
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Monday issued three Presidential decrees. The first states to appoint Mubarak al-Fadel al-Mahdi the chairman of "Tayar al-Islah Wal Tajdid " ( Reforms and renewal trend) in the opposition Umma party as an assistant for the President Sudan, Politics, 8/20/2002 - Al-Rai al-Am: Criticism over report on human rights in Sudan
The Sudanese minister of Justice Ali Othman Yassin has described the criticism made by the special rapparateur for human rights in Sudan Gerhard Bowm in his report about the deterioration of human rights in the country, which he will submit to the international committee on human rights, as not objective and just mere impressions. Sudan, Politics, 8/20/2002 - Sudan and the Halayeb area issue with Egypt
The Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael has stressed that his country will never resort to the UN Security Council nor to the UN in order to file a complaint against Egypt concerning the area of "Halayeb" triangle. He described what was quoted by certain mass media to this effect of news and information as false and groundless. Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 8/20/2002 - Sudan committed to peace in south, denies releasing Turabi
the Sudanese constitutional court has denied to have had issued a decision to release Hassan al-Turabi, the leader of the Sudanese People's Congress party. Sudan, Politics, 8/19/2002 - Al-Ayam: Al-Meirghani voices support to President al-Bashir for national unanimity
The chairman of the Sudanese national opposition coalition Muhammad Othman al-Meirghani who is also the chairman of the democratic federal party vowed to be a supporter for the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in unifying the national consensus Sudan, Politics, 8/19/2002 - Al-Rai al-Aam: Differences between Khartoum, rebels denied Sudan, Politics, 8/19/2002
- Al-Ayam: Postponement of Sudan, Chad, central Africa summit regretted
Chad's prime minister Haroun Kabara has expressed his great regret over the postponement of the tripartite summit between the Presidents of Sudan, Chad and the Central Africa Republic in order to deal with the implications of the incidents that took place recently on their countries' borders. Sudan-Chad, Politics, 8/19/2002