SSRC Sets Urgent Awareness Plan on Registration Importance

Gms: Sudantv.net, 15/11/2010

Head of the referendum commission for southern Sudan, Prof. Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, affirmed that the commission will develop an urgent awareness plan on importance of registration for the referendum, through media and loudspeakers.
He attributed the weak registration in the first day to poor media and the Greater Bairam holidays.
Khalil called on political parties and civil society organizations to join efforts of making citizens aware of importance of registration. He pointed [...]

Ansar and Khatmiyya Call the Nation to Put Political Differences Aside.

Gms: Edited from Sudntv.net, 16/11/2010

The two main traditional Sudanese Parties, the Umma Party of the Ansar sect, and the Unionist Democratic Party, of the Khatmiyya sect, both called the Nation and followers to support unity and avoid destructive differences.

The Imam and Preacher of Ansar, Sadiq Al-Mahdi called for a free and fair referendum, saying that its result should be accepted by all.
The remark was made while Al-Mahdi addressing the worshipers, Tuesday [...]

Al-Bashir Congratulates Sudanese People on Eid and Asks God to bestow stability and security

Gms: Sudantv.net,16/11/2010

President of the Republic, Omer Al-Bashir, addressed the Sudanese people today congratulating them on Greater Bairam. He said that Greater Bairam and the Hajj are annual occasions for adopting more adherence to Islam values and principles. They also reflect internationalism of the message of truth revealed to our Prophet Mohamed, may peace of Allah be upon him. Al-Bashir called on all Muslims to occupy their time with what pleases Allah Almighty and His [...]

A Leading Figure in SPLM Supports Unity, Calls to Big Party to be Named Sudan

Gms: From Sudantv.net, 16/11/2010

The leading figure in SPLM, Mohammed Al-Mutasim Hakim, affirmed that unity is of clear destiny and secession is of obscure outcome. He asserted that he supports unity and suggested the establishment of a big party under the name of “Sudan” to include all political spectra.
Hakim asserted the necessity of making use of the remaining time and move speedily for the sake of realizing unity, under free, fair, and transparent referendum, under the [...]

Sudan to participate in London Olympics 2012

Gms: (SUNA), 15/11/2010

Alsamawaal Khalafalla, the Federal Minister of Culture, disclosed that the Conference of Ministers of Culture of the Arab world had discussed the proposed Arab participation in the London Olympics in 2012.
In a statement to (SUNA) the minister said that the conference emphasized the importance of collective Arab participation that   offers Arab cultural works and modern art besides   the participation   and   in all sports activities of the Olympics.

To this end [...]

White Nile State Becomes A Centre For Sugar Production

Gms: Edited from Smc & SUNA, 15/11/2010

Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) and White Nile State agreed on Saturday to cultivate extra 150, 000 Feddans to produce an estimated 500,000 tons of sugar in 2013

The agreement was signed by KSC managing Director, Mohamed Al Marddhi Tijani and White Nile State Minister of Agriculture, Mohamed Babikir.

Worth mentioning here is that The Wali (governor) of the White Nile State, Yousif Ahmed Al-Shanbali, received in mid [...]

Multiculturalism isn’t dead in Germany

Cultural diversity urged as Germany owes its rise partly to hard-working Turkish immigrants

Gms: From Middle East Online, By Lewis Gropp, BONN  2010-11-12

German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently declared that multiculturalism is “dead”.

This statement has no basis in reality, because the word “multiculturalism” means nothing more than the functioning coexistence of various cultures within a community, which means that multiculturalism is in fact a universal, timeless concept. And in a globalised world, [...]

UN Security Council to discuss South Sudan referendum

The UK has called a high-level Security Council meeting to address concerns about the possible dangers of an independence vote in Southern Sudan.

Gms: From BBC News, 16/11/2010

UK Foreign Minister William Hague is to chair the debate later on Tuesday, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expected to attend.

The aim of this debate is to show Sudan that the Security Council is closely watching the approaching referendum, and is united [...]