VOL. XLV

No 31

5-August-2002

Arab Press Review

(MEES Translation)

TheSudan Peace Agreement

Thefollowing is an extract from an article by Hilmi Shi'rawi (Egyptian writer) entitled The Peace Agreement In Sudan that appeared in the Egyptiandaily al-Ahram on 26 July:

Let us begin by reading a summary of the text of theagreement that has tried to achieve a mutually acceptable balance between thetwo parties:

1.The agreement begins by saying that itis a framework for governance under which there is scope...