Cabinet Approves Loan Agreement of $ 80 Million to Finance Water Project of Al-Gadarif State

Gms:  April 1 (SUNA)

The Council of Ministers, chaired by Vice President Ali Mohamed Taha, approved at its sitting at the National Control Centre of the Ministry of Electricity and Dams in Khartoum Thursday a loan agreement of 80 million US dollars between the Government of Sudan and the Islamic Development Bank to finance the water Project of Al-Gadarif State to be repaid over 13 years

Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Ministry of the [...]

Khartoum to host Arab Pharmacy Conference Saturday at Friendship Hall

Gms:  April 1 (SUNA)

The Arab Pharmacy Conference will be held at the Friendship Hall Saturday under auspices of the Sudanese Pharmacists Union in collaboration with the Consumers Orientation Center

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Sudanese Pharmacists Union, Dr. Sallah Suwaral-Dahab, said at the press forum of Sudan News Agency Thursday that the conference will review number of working papers focusing on pharmaceutical issues of special importance, besides a pharmaceutical exhibition and specialized [...]

Angolan club Caála wants to make home advantage count against Sudan’s Al Hilal

Gms: .cafonline.com, 1/4

The Angolan club side Recreativo Da Caala faces a huge task in overturning a 3-0 deficit against Sudanese side Al Hilal when they meet in the return fixture of the CAF Champions league round of sixteen this weekend. It is not an easy mission to accomplish but the Angolan team’s captain Jorge Vidigal was in a fighting talk and promised that Caala will give it a brave attempt upstaging the Sudanese side.

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Latest challenge for South Sudan: Armed Internal Rebellion

BY: Alan Boswell | McClatchy Newspapers, SSN:

After weeks of scattered clashes that left hundreds dead, rebel militias in southern Sudan have united in a new armed movement against the young southern government, raising the prospect of civil war even before South Sudan declares independence in July.

NEW SOUTH SUDAN ARMY: “We have formed a new group. It is called the Southern Sudan Democratic Movement. We are calling the army the Southern Sudan Army,” [...]

Minister of Animal Resources and Fisheries reviews cooperation between Sudan and Iraq

Gms:  April 1 (SUNA)

The Minister of Animal Resources and Fisheries, Dr. Faisal Hassan Ibrahim, has affirmed the keenness of his Ministry to fully cooperate to pave the way for investment in the sector of animal resources

This came when he received the Iraqi Ambassador to Sudan, Dr. Sallih Hussein, in his office at the Ministry in presence of the General Director of the Quarantine and Meat Safety, Dr. Suleiman Jabir

The meeting [...]

UN Voices Concern over Fighting between Militias and Southern Sudan Government

(Agencies)

A senior United Nations official has voiced “significant concern” at conflicts involving at least four separate militia groups in areas of Southern Sudan, which earlier this year voted to secede and become a separate nation.

“While the Government of Southern Sudan has a responsibility to address a security threat within its territory, we urge it to do so in accordance with international humanitarian law,” UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Regional Coordinator for Southern [...]

US Embassy Cultural Activity Perceived Behind Events in Egypt Tunisia, Yemen and Libya

Gms: (smc), 1/4

The US embassy to Khartoum invited a number of Sudanese who were granted scholarships for studying in the United States for a meeting, and asked them to keep in touch with the embassy’s cultural department, with the goal of supplying the embassy with jointly designed programs. Reliable sources told (smc) that 128 students who studied in the United States gathered last week in a meeting organized by the embassy in Khartoum and [...]

UAE becomes observer member of African Union

(ST)

- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become an observer member within the African Union, making it the first Gulf state and the second Arab country to join the 53-member African organization.

The announcement was made last week after Youssef Essa Hassan Sabri, UAE Ambassador to Ethiopia, delivered African Union chairperson, Jean Ping, a letter from Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan pertaining to UAE’s accession to the union as an [...]

Bashir says there would be no recognition of any referendum in Abyei if the Messairyia would be excluded

Gms: Sudanradio.info, 1/4

President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir has stressed that the Government would not accept holding referendum about Abyei area without participation of Messairyia tribe.
Addressing the Sudanese community in Qatar Wednesday, President Al-Bashir said Southern citizens who chose separation could not be expected to enjoy double nationalities
He underscored the Government’s concern with the South Sudan stability and that the North will help the South build its state
Meanwhile, the [...]

President Al-Bashir holds Talks with Emir of Qatar

Gms:Sudanradio.info, 1/4

President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, have underscored the continuity of the efforts for realization of peace in Darfur and the importance of speeding up the process for holding final negotiations that include all the armed movements in Darfur
Meanwhile, the Foreign Minister, Ali Karti, said that the talks between President Al-Bashir and the Emir of Qatar were mainly focused on the [...]