Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 4/12/2004
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of April 12, 2004
- Najamina talks gone with the wind; Khartoum denies violation of Darfour truce
A Sudanese government official yesterday ( Friday) denied that the government forces had violated the cease fire agreement signed on April 8 in Njamina, the capital of Chad, with the two rebel movements in Darfour. Sudan, Politics, 4/17/2004 - Darfour's rebels accuse Khartoum of violating the truce
One official for one of the two rebels movement in Darfour district, in the west of Sudan, said yesterday that the forces supporting Khartoum had violated the cease- fire agreement signed on April 8, in Njamina, capital of Chad. Sudan, Politics, 4/16/2004 - Inter- Sudanese peace negotiations are standstill; African federation intends to deploy observers in Darfour
The commissioner for peace and security in the African federation, Saeed Jenit, said that the federation will deploy next week military observers in Darfour area to the west of Sudan in order to monitor the cease fire which has become valid as from last Sunday between Khartoum government and the rebels. Sudan, Politics, 4/15/2004 - Al-Ahram Interview with Garang
In an exclusive interview with Al-Ahram, John Garang, the leader of Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) said that Sudan is on the threshold of a new and crucial stage of its history that would define its future. Sudan, Politics, 4/15/2004 - Al-Bashir: the peace agreement to be signed within days
The Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said yesterday that the peace agreement with the southern rebels might be signed within the few coming days. Sudan, Politics, 4/14/2004 - Egypt-Sudan joint investments to manufacture furniture, vehicles
An agreement was concluded between the 6 of October City Investors Association under its chairman Mohamed Al-Menoufi and Sudanese businessmen on setting up several joint-ventures in the fields of furniture manufacture, car spare parts, juice and electricity equipment. Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 4/13/2004 - One Sudanese court sentences imprisonment for al-Jazeera correspondent
The Khartoum North criminal court sentenced the correspondent of al-Jazeera TV in Khartoum, Islam Saleh, for one month imprisonment and paying a penalty under the charges of disseminating false news concerning the national security forces. Sudan, Politics, 4/12/2004 - Sudanese sides postpone signing the peace agreement
The Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael said yesterday that the agreement will cover all agreed upon since the begining of the negotiations in Kenya in 2002 will be signed within days, but he added that this will not extend for weeks. Sudan, Politics, 4/12/2004