Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 6/7/2004
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of June 7, 2004
- Garang: we will be a great force in the north; The UN Security Council prepares for a force in the south
The final peace agreement to be signed between Khartoum and the southern rebels won the support of the UN Security Council which adopted unanimously a resolution that greenlights the formation of a peace keeping forces in southern Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 6/12/2004 - Taha: the peace agreement to be signed within 5 weeks; Garang renews threats to south's separation
The First deputy for the Sudanese President Ali Othman Taha said following talks he had held with the Egyptian officials in Cairo that the final peace agreement with the southern rebels will be signed within four or five weeks, while the leader of the southern rebels, John Garang, said that the south will prefer separation and disengagement unless the new central government will spend from the oil wealth to improve its conditions. Sudan, Politics, 6/11/2004 - Taha starts an Arab tour to explain the inter- Sudanese peace agreement
The first Sudanese vice president Ali Othman Taha started yesterday from Cairo an Arab tour which will lead him to Tripoli and Cairo and will concentrate on the peace process in Sudan, while one of the rebel groups in Darfour accused Khartoum of violating the truce agreement. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 6/10/2004 - Garang seeks support in the south, Cairo congratulates Khartoum
The leader of one of the main rebels movement to the south of Sudan, John Garang, on Tuesday started a tour in the south with the aim to win the support for the agreements finalized by his movement with the government in Khartoum in order to end a war which lasted for two decades. Sudan, Politics, 6/9/2004 - Sudan: Launching the final phase for peace
The Sudanese government and the Sudanese rebels on Saturday signed a declaration which once again renewed the commitment of the two sides to a series of bilateral peace agreements. Sudan, Politics, 6/7/2004 - Rebels release UN employees in Darfour
Darfour rebels yesterday morning released 16 of the employees of the UN who were kidnapped on Saturday. A UN source said that the hostages, 13 Sudanese and three foreigners from Ireland, Malawi and Bosnia were released in an area near al-Fasher, the capital of North Darfour province. Sudan, Politics, 6/7/2004