Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 8/2/2004
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of August 2, 2004
- Arab foreign ministers hold emergency meeting on Sunday on Sudan
The Arab Foreign Ministers are to hold an emergency meeting on Sunday on the Sudan's Darfur province. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 8/4/2004 - The US welcomes the Sudanese offer
The US welcomed the deployment of Sudanese police to maintain security in Darfur. But the spokesman for the US Department Of State, Richard Boucher, considered this step as not enough and called on Khartoum to take more steps in order to stop Jangaweid activities. Sudan-USA, Politics, 8/4/2004 - Rebels suspicious of the offer of sharing wealth in Darfur
The rebels "Justice and Equity" movement in Darfur suspected the seriousness of the proposal made by the Sudanese government to share wealth and authority in the district which is situated in the west of Sudan. Sudan, Politics, 8/4/2004 - Arab, African moves to discuss the crisis; the UN: security conditions are improving in Darfur camps
The special representative for the UN in Sudan, Yan Brunik, said that the security conditions in camps for the refugees have been improved despite the fact that the rebels and the militias fighting them caused the lack of security in the area. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 8/3/2004 - Sudan rejects the one month grace period, Egypt sends observers to Darfur
The Sudanese government yesterday condemned the 30-day grace period given by the UN Security Council to move in Darfur district, but said it will carry out a 90-day program agreed upon earlier with the UN secretary general Kofi Annan Sudan, Politics, 8/2/2004