NEWS
February 1, 1990 | From Reuters
For a lucky few in the besieged, refugee-jammed Sudanese city of Juba, $350 can buy space on a packed cargo plane to Khartoum. For others, there is virtually no escape. Refugees said that the Sudanese army is preventing thousands of frightened civilians from fleeing to rebel-held territory outside the town to escape shellfire, food shortages and the threat of rebel attack.
NEWS
November 20, 1989 | From Times staff and wire reports
Sudan and its rebel foes have agreed to hold direct peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya, on Dec. 1 without preconditions, former President Jimmy Carter said. Carter, in Nairobi to chair peace negotiations between Ethiopia and rebels fighting in the northern Eritrea province, said he had been authorized to make the announcement by Sudan's military leader, Gen. Omar Hassan Bashir, and Sudan People's Liberation Army leader John Garang.
NEWS
September 10, 1989
Sudan's military ruler opened a peace conference in Khartoum aimed at ending six years of civil war and appealed to the leader of the rebels to attend. Gen. Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir told the conference in the capital that he would take "all measures" to ensure the safety of John Garang, leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, if he would attend. The rebels are boycotting the meeting after announcing preconditions for Garang's attendance.
NEWS
July 28, 1989 | From Reuters
The new military leader of Sudan said Thursday that his government will start talks with rebels next month aimed at bringing lasting peace to the south after six years of devastating civil war. Brig. Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir made the announcement after returning from the Organization of African Unity summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
NEWS
May 7, 1989 | From Reuters
Turkey has agreed to supply rifles and machine guns to Sudan, which is fighting a rebellion in the south, Turkish officials said Friday. A shipment of 30,000 G-3 automatic rifles and 1,000 MG-3 machine guns worth $9.6 million will be completed before the end of the year, they said. The Sudan People's Liberation Army has been fighting since 1983 to end what it sees as domination of the mainly animist and Christian south by the Muslim north.