Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 8/16/2004
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of August 16, 2004
- Sudan: confident in convincing the UN Security Council of progress in Darfur
Sudan's foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael stressed yesterday that his country's government is confident it will convince the UN Security Council of the progress it had attained in Darfur. Sudan-UN, Politics, 8/21/2004 - UN warns against a new wave of displacement in Darfur
The UN has warned against a new wave of displacement of refugees from Darfur -- in the west of Sudan -- to Chad fleeing attacks they were recently exposed to in the region. Sudan-UN, Politics, 8/21/2004 - Khartoum announced implementation of most obligations over Darfur
Sudan's minister of state at the ministry of the interior Ahmad Muhammad Haroun announced that the government completed the implementation of 90% of its obligations stated in the plan agreed upon with the UN over Darfur. Sudan, Politics, 8/20/2004 - Sudanese media deplores Rwanda soldiers as having AIDS
The Sudanese mass media on Thursday deplored the practices of the 150 soldiers who came from Rwanda and deployed in Darfur, noting that "they carry the AIDS virus and they took part in the operations of genocide in their country." Sudan-Rwanda, Politics, 8/20/2004 - Moussa asks Arab states to launch Darfur popular fund-raising campaigns Regional-Sudan, Politics, 8/20/2004
- Washington refuses to say 'genocide' about the situation in Darfur
American officials said that the US does not have enough evidences to announce that genocide is taking place in Darfur and might find it is difficult to prove there is the intention of a mass killing behind the violence in west Sudan. Sudan-USA, Politics, 8/19/2004 - Khartoum specified certain areas in Darfur for the return back of refugees
The Sudanese government has announced it specified 11 areas around the capitals of the three states of Darfur situated to the western part of the country on being safe areas that displaced persons can returned back to. Sudan, Politics, 8/18/2004 - Agreement on establishing first Egyptian-Sudanese Bank
Khartoum witnessed late last week the signing of the statute of the first joint Egyptian-Sudanese Bank with an authorized capital of $ 25 million out of which $ 15 million in a paid up capital. Sudan-Egypt, Economics, 8/17/2004 - Trade with Sudan and common currency, Nile Basin countries promising
Abdel Magad argued that further integration with the Sudan can be achieved by encouraging the creation of small and medium-sized business projects (SMEs) between Aswan and Wadi Halfa; establishing joint banks to extend credit to such businesses and striking a common currency to be known as the Nile pound. Egypt-Sudan, Economics, 8/16/2004 - Rwanda forces vow to protect civilians in Darfur
President of Rwanda Paul Kaghami announced that the forces in Rwanda whose vanguards arrived on Saturday to Sudan will use force if this will be necessary to protect the civilians in Darfur. Sudan-Rwanda, Politics, 8/16/2004 - Khartoum denies differences with the African Union
Sudan's foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael denied the information over differences with the African Union over the number of the soldiers who will be deployed in the area, stressing that the problem lies in the nature of their mission, renewing his country's rejection that these forces to be converted to peace keeping forces. Sudan-Regional, Politics, 8/16/2004 - Syrian Red Crescent aid to Darfur
Upon directives of President Bashar al-Assad, a plane loaded with humanitarian aid presented by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Organization to Darfur, Sudan left Damascus Sunday. Syria-Sudan, Local, 8/16/2004 - Egyptian Foreign Minister statement on Darfur Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 8/16/2004