Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 7/11/2005
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of July 11, 2005
- EU appoints one Finnish as a delegate to Sudan
The European Union has appointed the Finnish diplomat Bekka Havisto on Wednesday to be the first EU special envoy to Sudan in order to coordinate to peace keeping forces in Darfur district to the west of Sudan. Sudan-European Union, Politics, 7/14/2005 - Sudan ends emergency law in most of the country
The Sudanese security and intelligence department announced its had lifted censorship imposed on the press, in implementation of presidential decrees issued by the Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Sunday included lifting restrictions imposed on freedoms, and the ending of the state of emergency. Sudan, Politics, 7/12/2005 - Opposition to the new Sudanese government
Former Sudanese prime minister al-Sadeq al-Mahdi on Sunday strongly criticized the Interim Constitution of Sudan which has been enacted on Saturday. He also criticized the authority sharing system between the government and the former southern rebels. Sudan, Politics, 7/12/2005 - Murder of Somali activist Abdulkadir Yahya Ali undermines peace prospects, says UN Sudan, Politics, 7/12/2005
- Nazif: Egypt to maintain support of Sudan Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 7/11/2005
- US support to Sudan reconciliation Sudan-USA, Politics, 7/11/2005