Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 12/27/2004
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of December 27, 2004
- Bashir declares the end of the south war in Sudan
Both the Sudanese government and the southern rebels dropped the curtains on a civil war that lasted for 21 years. Sudan, Politics, 1/1/2005 - Khartoum, southern rebels eliminate last pending issue
It was announced in Kenya that the Sudanese government and the southern rebels agreed on the last main pending issues before finalizing a comprehensive peace agreement between the two sides. Sudan, Politics, 12/31/2004 - Bashir stressed commitment to peace with southern rebels
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has stressed that his government clings to finalizing a final peace agreement with the southern rebels at the set date agreed upon earlier between the two sides. Sudan, Politics, 12/29/2004 - Rebels withdrew from the negotiations; Khartoum proposes federation for Darfur
The Sudanese foreign minister Mustafa Othman Ismael announced for the first time on Sunday that his government will propose, during the negotiations in Abuja with Darfur rebels, federal rule, as a framework for the political solution, at a time when rebels withdrew from the negotiations because of the "attacks" of the Sudanese forces in the district. Sudan, Politics, 12/27/2004