Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 9/16/2002
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of September 16, 2002
- Sudan is ready to resume peace negotiations with the rebels
The Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael stressed on Thursday that the Sudanese government is ready to resume peace talks which were suspended this month after the Southern Sudanese rebels gained control of Tourit town, but under the condition that the rebels will first cease fire. Sudan-USA, Politics, 9/21/2002 - Sudan state of alert to prevent collapse of Jouba
The Sudanese government started to make calculations for the possible collapse of Jouba, which might happen if the rebels gain control of the city of Tourin. It is the collapse of Jouba. Sudan, Politics, 9/21/2002 - 40 killed in south Sudan; British mediator in Khartoum
The Southern Sudan rebels announced on Wednesday the killing of more than 40 persons during the clashes with government forces which used its air force, and called for putting pressure on Khartoum in order to return back to negotiations. Sudan, Politics, 9/19/2002 - Israeli airport for Sudanese rebels; Al-Mahdi denies government contact
Sudanese security sources announced that Israel built an airport for the rebels in Nikosh city in southern Sudan, near the Sudanese borders with Kenya, while the chairman of the opposition nation party al-Sadeq al-Mahdi announced that there is no dialogue or contact between his party and the government at the meantime. Sudan-Israel, Politics, 9/18/2002 - Alwan: Muslim Brothers and the Islamic Sharia law in Sudan
Al-Ikhwan al-Muslimin (The Muslim Brotherhs party) in Sudan announced it will not be soft in dealing with the issue of the "Islamic Sharia", making the Quran as the law, in the country and that it will withdraw from the government if the government drops the Islamic Sharia in Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 9/16/2002 - Sudan, French FMs held talks in New York Sudan-France, Politics, 9/16/2002
- Sudan: Israel backs the rebels Sudan-Israel, Politics, 9/16/2002