Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 10/14/2002
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of October 14, 2002
- Ismael: Sudan wants success of Mashakos talks; Eritrean investigation
The Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael has stressed the care of the Sudanese government to avail the appropriate atmosphere for peace talks which started between his government and the rebels in Southern Sudan until the talks reach its objectives. Sudan, Politics, 10/19/2002 - Khartoum: no truce in eastern area; battle with Eritrea not the rebels
Khartoum on Friday talked about clashes with the Eritrean forces, while the advisor of the Sudanese presidency for political affairs Qurbi Mahdi announced that the truce with the rebels of John Garang which has been in effect since two days is limited to the south and does not include the eastern front of fighting, near Eritrea's borders. Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 10/19/2002 - Some change in structure Sudanese national party
The Shoura council of the ruling National Congress party in Sudan approved several amendments in its constituent including increasing the number of the leading office in the party to 45 members instead of 35. Sudan, Politics, 10/19/2002 - Libyan committee inspects Eritrea - Sudan borders
The Sudanese opposition announced on Wednesday that it has accompanied a delegation representing Libyan mediators to the areas it recently controlled in Eastern Sudan in order to prove that Eritrea is not taking part in the fighting taking place between it and the government forces. Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 10/18/2002 - Qathafi gets a message from John Garang
Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi on Tuesday evening received a telephone call from the leader of the rebel movement in southern Sudan, John Garang, relating to current events in southern Sudan and the agreement signed recently between the Sudanese government and the rebels in order to stop war acts between the two sides. Libya-Sudan, Politics, 10/17/2002 - Sudan denies Sanaa tripartite summit to target isolation of Eritrea
Qutbi al-Mahdi, the political advisor for the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, has denied that the tripartite summit which was held in Sanaa on Monday between the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, together with the Ethiopian prime minister Malas Zenawi to have targeted isolation of Eritrea or working to topple its regime. Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 10/16/2002 - Sudan signs truce agreement with the rebels
The Sudanese government has signed with representatives for the main Sudanese rebels movement in southern Sudan on Tuesday an agreement on truce during the peace talks which aim at settling the conflict in southern Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 10/16/2002 - Presidents of Sudan, Yemen, Eritrea in Sanaa to challenge Eritrea; Khartoum, the rebellions postpone signing the ceasefire
The rebels of Sudan and the Sudanese government have postponed the signing of a cease fire agreement which was due in Mashakos on Monday over differences on how to monitor the implementation of the agreement, while the presidents of Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia started a tripartite summit coinciding with the escalation of tension between the three said countries and Eritrea. Yemen-Sudan, Politics, 10/15/2002 - al-Ayam: Dutch mediation between Khartoum, Asmara
The Dutch minister of foreign affairs Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has unveiled that his country has started an official mediation between Khartoum and Asmara to end the conflict arising between them following the recent aggression against Eastern Sudan and avoiding the eruption of a comprehensive war in the region. Sudan-Netherlands, Politics, 10/15/2002 - al-Hurreyah: Libyan mediation between Sudanese government, rebels
Sources in the rebels movement led by John Garang said that Libya is making mediations between the Sudanese government and the movement to release all Sudanese war prisoners in return for economic support to Southern Sudan's areas. Sudan-Libya, Politics, 10/15/2002 - Al-Watan: Sudanese company return Israeli pesticides from Duch company
The Sudanese Sugar company has decided to return back the agricultural pesticides which were imported by the company Tasnim, the agent company for the Dutch company, which proved to be pesticides produced by the Israeli Ashdoud company. Sudan-Israel, Economics, 10/15/2002 - Al-Rai al-Aam: Eritrea's defense minister arrested for refusal to attack East Sudan Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 10/14/2002
- Khartoum announces it has Eritrean prisoners; truce with the rebels, today
Sudan announced it holds Eritrean prisoners who were fighting beside the rebels in the eastern parts of the country, while the warring Sudanese sides are expected to sign a peace agreement today in order to halt the fighting, during the negotiations aiming at suspending the war which erupted 19 years ago. Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 10/14/2002 - Eritrea asks Arab League to ease tension between it, Sudan
Eritrea on Sunday asked the Arab League to interfere in order to calm down the tension in the relations between it and Sudan after Khartoum confirmed that the Eritrean army supported the Sudanese rebels and opposition in the recent attacks in East Sudan. Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 10/14/2002 - Dutch ministers arrive in Khartoum Sudan-Netherlands, Politics, 10/14/2002
- Kasla governor says rebels may attack again
Lt. Gen. Adams Hamid Mousa, the Wali (governor) of Kasla, east Sudan, said that it is not ruled out that the rebel movement will carry out another military operation with the support of the Eritrean army before the resumption of negotiations between the government and the rebels in Mashakos, Kenya. Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 10/14/2002 - IGAD states hold an displaced conference in Khartoum
The conference on the displaced and settlement issues in the six member states of IGAD will be held on October 28th under the patronage of the UN assistant secretary general. Sudan, Politics, 10/14/2002