Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 3/10/2003
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of March 10, 2003
- New crisis threaten collapse of Sudanese peace talks
The current negotiations between the Sudanese government and the rebels (SPLA) of Sudan in Nairobi, Kenya is witnessing a crisis threatening its collapse. Sudan, Politics, 3/14/2003 - Sudanese efforts to save peace negotiations
The Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Ismael has announced that the president's advisor for peace affairs Ghazi Salah Eddine is making intensive contacts in Nairobi to rescue peace negotiations with the new rebel group at Darfur district to the eastern part of the country. Sudan, Politics, 3/13/2003 - Sudan denies plane downing; battle against rebels in Darfur ends
The Sudanese government has denied news talking about the downing of an army helicopter for the Sudanese army in Darfur district at the hands of the new rebel group or what is called "Darfur Liberation Front" which leads the opposition against Sudan from outside the country. Sudan, Politics, 3/12/2003 - Sudan accuses opposition forces, Chad's tribes of supporting the rebels in Darfour
The Sudanese information minister al-Zahawi Ibrahim yesterday accused what he called "remains of the opposition and Chad's tribes of providing weapons to the rebels of Darfour" who control Murra mountain area to the west of Sudan. Sudan-Chad, Politics, 3/11/2003 - Sudan urges Arab states to hurry in rebuilding the south
The Sudanese government has warned the Arab states and its voluntary organizations against linking contributions to rebuilding the south to achieving peace, and urged them to hurry in financing developmental projects so as to reach a voluntary unity between the northern and southern parts of the country. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 3/10/2003