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THE POPE'S AFRICAN TOUR

The last leg of Pope John Paul II's tour of Africa is expected to end in the Sudanese capital Khartoum [...]

ATTEMPT TO WOO THE FRENCH

It seems that the Sudanese regime has been trying to woo the French for several weeks now. From sending out [...]

SULEIMAN MOHAMED SULEIMAN

A 55 year old Colonel, minister of information in the Sudanese government, Suleiman Mohamed Suleiman apparently made 46 official visits [...]

GOOD HARVEST BUT FINANCIAL CRISIS

Demonstrations in protest over the high cost of living were held in Wed Medani, Sudan's second largest city, south east [...]

PETER CIRILLO

The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) announced the execution in Juba by the Sudanese regime on January 6, of the [...]

PLAN TO RETALIATE AGAINST EGYPT

A Sudanese diplomatic source says the leaders of the National Islamic Front (NIF) and the Sudanese authorities have recently drafted [...]

WHERE HAVE CHEVRON'S PERMITS GONE ?

State Petroleum based in Vancouver, Canada, run by Latki Khan, has announced it has obtained development rights on an area [...]

REBEL LEADER PASSES THROUGH PARIS

According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter from diplomatic sources, the leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, [...]

JEAN-PAUL II

The Pope is to stop over in the Sudanese capital [...]

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A MURKY TALE

Several new twists have been added to the jumble of Sudanese projects revolving around Chevron's discoveries. Within the space of a few days the political-industrial-financial saga took on dimensions far beyond what would be considered normal for a country that [.

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COHEN AND SAHLOUL HEAD ON

In response to a certain number of reservations expressed over the deployment of US troops in Somalia (silence from Kenya, denunciation in Sudan, Ethiopia's call "not to harm the pride of the Somali people"), Herman Cohen, the United States deputy [.

AL FATEH ORAWA

Adviser to the Sudanese President on security matters, al Fateh Orawa is on his way to becoming the top man [...]

Iraq has pledge to aid Sudan develop its Unity, Higlig [...]

ALI AHMED SAHLOUL

The present Sudanese minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Ahmed Sahloul may be leaving for Geneva, Switzerland to represent the Khartoum [...]

ISLAMIC RADIO STATION IN PORT SUDAN

According to an Arab diplomatic source, the Khartoum authorities intend to set up a radio transmitter in Port Sudan with [...]

HERMAN COHEN

Some sources claim that the deputy secretary of State for [...]

According to Africa, Energy and Mining newsletter (Indigo Publications), French [...]

TOTAL SPURNS SALE

Although Khartoum has cast a covetous eye on a permit that Total operates in southern Sudan the French group has [...]

NEW ARMY STRUCTURE

The Sudanese authorities are restructuring their armed forces around a hard core that will act like a kind of "Republican [...]