Arabic News Weekly Edition for Sudan, 8/8/2005
Weekly Edition, Sudan - Week of August 8, 2005
- Sylva Keer, a past separatist, vows Sudan's unity
The new vice president called on all Sudanese to join the peace process in order to heal the wound of the civil war which left behind some two million dead and the displacement of other millions and lasted for 21 years. Sudan, Politics, 8/12/2005 - Keer is officially Sudan's First Vice President
The leader of the Sudan People's Movement (SPLM) Sylva Keer arrived yesterday in the capital Khartoum. Today, he is to take his oath as the First Vice President. Sudan, Politics, 8/11/2005 - Keer's taking oath ceremony postponed
It was announced in Khartoum that the oath taking ceremony for the new leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), Sylva Keer, as the First Vice President of Sudan, was postponed until the end of condolences period offered on the killing of John Garang. Sudan, Politics, 8/10/2005 - Egyptian troops to take part in peace-keeping mission in Darfur Egypt-Sudan, Politics, 8/10/2005
- Bush telephones Bashir, vows support to Sudan's peace
US president George W. Bush on Monday made a telephone call with his Sudanese peer Omar Hassan al-Bashir in which he expressed condolences on the death of vice president and leader of the People's Movement (SPLM), John Garang, who was killed last Saturday in a plane crash. Sudan-USA, Politics, 8/9/2005 - Investigation starts into Garang's death
The Sudanese Presidency announced the formation of the investigation committee that will look into the cause of the crash of the Ugandan plane which crashed while carrying Sudan's vice president John Garang and his aides. Sudan, Politics, 8/9/2005 - Keer takes constitutional oath as Sudan's VP
The Presidential Affairs Ministry in Sudan said that Sylva Keer will take his constitutional oath-of-office tomorrow in the capital Khartoum as a First Vice President of the country and a chairman for the government of southern Sudan in succession of the late John Garang. Sudan, Politics, 8/8/2005 - Washington commends Sylva Keer separatist attitude
The special envoy for the US under secretary of state to Sudan, Roger Winter, expressed optimism that the death of vice president John Garang will not undermine the implementation of the peace agreement which Garang signed in January putting an end to the longest civil war in Africa. Sudan-USA, Politics, 8/8/2005