Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 11/10/2003
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of November 10, 2003
- Taha, Garang to meet on December 5th, relief organizations warn against a famine in Darfour
Advisor of the Sudanese presidency for peace affairs Ghazi Salah Eddine al-Atbani said that the Sudanese Vice-President, Ali Othman Muhammad Taha and President of the Sudan People Liberation movement John Garang will hold talks in Kenya on December 5th with the aim to reach a peace agreement. Sudan, Politics, 11/15/2003 - Hamas representative left Sudan under American pressure
Hamas's representative had left Sudan in a move about which Palestinian sources said was the result of US pressure on Sudan for hosting the representative of the movement. Sudan-Palestine, Politics, 11/15/2003 - Turabi is permitted to travel to Doha
The Islamist Sudanese opposition member Hassan al-Turabi left Khartoum yesterday in a visit to Qatar, according to his family, just one month after the lifting of his home arrest that was imposed on him by the authorities. Sudan-Qatar, Politics, 11/14/2003 - Eritrean refugees group back home from Sudan
On the final leg of a four-nation trip to Africa, United Nations refugee chief Ruud Lubbers yesterday led a convoy of nearly 900 Eritreans home from Sudan, some of them setting foot in their home country for the first time in 30 years. Sudan-Eritrea, Politics, 11/14/2003 - Australia warns its citizens from traveling to Sudan
The Australian foreign ministry has warned its citizens not to travel to Sudan, under the pretext of possible terrorist attacks against western interests in the capital Khartoum. Sudan-Australia, Politics, 11/14/2003 - Sudan rebels say agreement next year; Kenyan mediator preparation of next round of negotiations
The Southern Sudan rebels said they do not expect an agreement by the end of this year. This comes as the envoy of the Kenyan president for peace in Sudan, Gen. Lazaraos Simbayo, held talks in Khartoum yesterday dealt with drawing necessary arrangements to provide a success for the next round of negotiations between the Sudanese government and the southern rebels Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 11/13/2003 - Bashir promises to lift emergency law
The Sudanese official news agency said yesterday that the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir informed leaders of Muslim and Christian tribes that he will end the current state of emergency in the country after reaching a peace agreement. Sudan, Politics, 11/12/2003 - Garang movement’s talks in Cairo fruitful Sudan-Egypt, Politics, 11/12/2003
- Garang invites the Arab League to attend peace talks
The southern rebels of Sudan led by John Garang extended an invitation to the Arab League to attend the peace talks it carried out with the Sudanese government in Nivasha suburb near Nairobi, suspended until after the holy month of Ramadan. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 11/11/2003 - Bashir: Khartoum, Cairo in continuous Al-Arabiya : contact over peace process in Sudan Sudan, Politics, 11/11/2003
- Bashir warns against attempts to foil the peace process; Turabi calls students to carry 'correction revolution'
The secretary general of the People's Congress party in Sudan, Hassan al-Turabi, urged students to make what he called a revolution to correct conditions in Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 11/10/2003