Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 9/2/2002
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of September 2, 2002
- Committed to agreement, Bashir negotiates only on points approved in Mashakos
Amid continued military preparations to restore back the city of Tourit from the hands of the rebels, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the Sudanese government informed Kenya's President Daniel Arab Moi through members of the negotiation team in Nairobi its conditions to resume negotiations with the rebels whose attacks against Tourit, resulted in halting these negotiations. Sudan, Politics, 9/7/2002 - Egypt's relations with Sudan question of life or death Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 9/7/2002
- Justice department extends protected status for Sudanese in U.S. Sudan-USA, Politics, 9/7/2002
- Military preparations by Khartoum to restore Tourit
The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said that the army has the full right to use heavy weapons in order to restore back Tourist town which came under the rebels control last Sunday. Sudan, Politics, 9/6/2002 - Khartoum, Tehran denied links to smuggled Gold
Sudanese officials on Wednesday denied a report issued by the Washington Post on Tuesday saying that al-Qaida network and the Taliban movement had sent gold shipments to Sudan during the recent weeks. Similarly, Iran denied to have had played the role of the mediator in this regard. Sudan-USA, Politics, 9/6/2002 - Al-Sahafi al-Dawli: Sudan denies transporting Qaida's gold shipments to Sudan
Sudan has denied news which said that financial officials for al-Qaida organization had transported shipments of Gold to Sudan with the aim to transfer al-Qaida's investment activity to Khartoum. Sudan, Politics, 9/5/2002 - Sudan to rebels: you cannot have peace and guns
The secretary general of the Arab League (AL) Amr Moussa on Tuesday in Cairo discussed with the Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael latest developments of conditions on the Sudanese arena in light of the decision taken by the Sudanese government to suspend the talks with the rebels movement in Sudan. Regional-Sudan, Politics, 9/4/2002 - State of alert in the Sudanese army Sudan, Politics, 9/3/2002
- Mashakos agreement falls, Sudan suspends negotiations, prepares for battle
Mashakos agreement stumbled on Monday after Khartoum announced the "suspension" of its participation in a sudden deterioration that brought back the shadow of war in southern Sudan as the rebels of John Garang controlled two days earlier the strategic "Tourit" city. A matter which was retaliated by Khartoum in declaring a state of alert in the lines of its forces to restore the city. Sudan, Politics, 9/3/2002 - Sudanese direct Mashakos negotiations start today
Sudanese sources in Mashakos have expected that direct negotiations will start between the two delegations of the government and the rebels following 20 days of indirect negotiations between the two sides through international mediators from IGAD, the USA and Europe. Sudan, Politics, 9/2/2002