Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 7/5/2004
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of July 5, 2004
- Washington faces opposition at the UN Security Council, Khartoum warns against repeating the Iraqi crisis
Khartoum warned Washington yesterday from provoking a crisis similar to that in Iraq because of the war in Darfur, stressing that the US threats to impose sanctions on it will only lead to escalating the situation. Sudan-USA, Politics, 7/10/2004 - Washington renews pressures on Sudan, Blair threatens sanctions
The US said on Wednesday that the Sudanese government has only several days to halt what are called crimes in Darfur, otherwise it will face the first shift of sanctions from the UN Security Council. Sudan-USA, Politics, 7/9/2004 - Sudan lifts restrictions from the moves of relief agencies, African forces in Darfur
Sudan yesterday approved the deployment of 300 soldiers of the African federation forces to protect the observers of the cease fire in remote Darfur area where fighting resulted in displacing some one million persons. Sudan, Politics, 7/7/2004 - African federation prepares to send forces to Darfour
The director of the peace and security council in the African federation, Sam Eibok, said that the federation is preparing to send an armed protection force of hundreds of soldiers to the west of Sudan as soon as possible in order to supervise the cease fire between Khartoum and the rebels in the area. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 7/6/2004 - Rebels boycott the Sudanese negotiations in Addis Ababa
Al-Adalah and al-Musawat ( justice and equity) movement which is considered one of the rebel movements against the Sudanese government in Darfour district announced it will boycott the talks due to be organized in the mid of July in Addis Ababa between Khartoum and the Darfour rebels. Sudan, Politics, 7/5/2004