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Undersecretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs discusses with ambassadors of Britain , France and American Chargé d’Affaires situations in Abei area and South Kordofan

Undersecretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs discusses with ambassadors of Britain , France and American Chargé d’Affaires situations in Abei area and South Kordofan

Gms: Khartoum, June 25 (SUNA)

Undersecretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Rahmatullah Mohammed Osman, has discussed at his office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ,Thursday, with the British Ambassador in Khartoum ,Nicholas Kay and French Ambassador in khartoum , Patrick Nicoloso , and the American Chargé d’Affaires in Khartoum, Robert E. Whitehead, the developments of situations in the Abyei Area and south kordofan

The meeting also tackled outcomes of Addis Ababa meeting [...]

Vietnamese Envoy is due to arrive in Khartoum Tuesday to convey message to Vice President

Vietnamese Envoy is due to arrive in Khartoum Tuesday to convey message to Vice President

Gms: Khartoum, June 25 (SUNA)

The Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Envoy of Vietnam’s Prime Minister, Doan Xuan Hung, is due to arrive here in Khartoum Tuesday, heading a high level Vietnamese delegation including representatives of some Ministries and companies

In this regard, Sudan’s Ambassador to Vietnam, Ambassador Adel Ibrahim, said the Vietnamese Envoy will meet the Vice President Ali Osman Mohammed Taha to convey to him a written message from the Vietnamese Premier [...]

Sudan, China sign health protocol

Sudan, China sign health protocol

Gms: Khartoum, June 25 (SUNA)

A Health protocol between Sudan and China was signed in Khartoum Thursday by the Chinese Charge d Affaires and the Undersecretary at the Ministry of Health

According to the protocol, a Chinese medical mission composed of 37 doctors representing the various specializations will come to work for two years in Sudan

China will annually provide the Friendship Hospitals in Omdurman and Abu-Ushar in Gezira State with medical equipments [...]

Martyr Mahmoud Sheriff Electricity station to add 200 MW to national electricity network

Martyr Mahmoud Sheriff Electricity station to add 200 MW to national electricity network

Gms: Khartoum, June 25 (SUNA)

The Ministry of Electricity and damshas expressed keenness to boost energy efficiency and to develop generation systems , transmission and distribution to achieve greater stability in electricity supply

The Minister of Electricity , Osama Abdullah, noted in press statements on the occasion of International Day for Energy Efficiency that the country is preparing for major electrical interconnection projects with neighboring Arab and African countries which require the use of [...]

Council of Ministers hears report on agricultural performance

Council of Ministers hears report on agricultural performance

Gms: Khartoum, June 25 (SUNA)

The Council of Ministers on Thursday heard a report on agricultural performance over the last three year

The cabinet session was presided over by the president of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al Bashir

The report has reviewed increase of crop production and achievement of food security , increase of exports, alleviation of poverty throughout the country through a balanced agricultural expansion, water harvest and increase of spending [...]

New Oil Reserves in White Nile State

New Oil Reserves in White Nile State

(SMC)

A senior source told (smc) that new oil reserves have been discovered in close areas to the oil rich blocks 3 and 7 in White Nile State. The source further said that more operations will be carried to investigate the space of the oil field.

In a related development (smc) learnt that the oil revenues will be distributed among the two partners on monthly bases according to latest agreement in the regard.

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Maradona’s immortal 11-second dash

Maradona’s immortal 11-second dash

Gms: From (FIFA.com) 25 June 2011

Eleven seconds. That is all it took for Diego Maradona to conjure up the most stunning piece of brilliance of his entire career, a goal so flawless in its execution and so far beyond the reach of ordinary mortals that it almost defies belief.

Those 11 seconds took place 25 years ago today, during Argentina’s quarter-final against England at the 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico™, when Maradona left [...]

Rampant Coulibaly blows Denmark away

Rampant Coulibaly blows Denmark away

Gms: Cafonline.com, 25 June 2011

Despite going behind twice, Côte d’Ivoire came back to beat Denmark 4-2 behind an outstanding four-goal show put on by Souleymane Coulibaly. The silky-skilled forward had a hat-trick by half-time and put the match out of reach in the second period with a top-drawer individual effort. The win at Estadio Guadalajara moves the Africans into second in Group F, with a good chance of reaching the Round of 16, while [...]

Dialogue open arm holders, says South Kordufan’s Governor

Dialogue open arm holders, says South Kordufan’s Governor

Gms: Khartoum, June 25 (SUNA)

The door for negotiation is open with arm holders in South Kordofan, announced Governor of the State, Ahmed Haroun

ِAddressing the Popular Committee of Kadogli Locality on Thursday, Haroun said the people of the state have done nothing to be shelled or bombed by Sudan People Liberation Movement

In a separate meeting with the visiting Bar Association delegation who came to the state to extend support for the [...]

National Congress criticizes Washington for neglecting northerners in South Sudan

National Congress criticizes Washington for neglecting northerners in South Sudan

Gms: Khartoum, June 25 (SUNA)

The National Congress appeals on US administration to reconsider issue of thousands of northern families which were departed by the authorities in the South Sudan outside of the borders of south Sudan at White Nile state. The National Congress indicated that these families now were living in open, refusing the American reports that indicating to the genocides in south Kordufan and considered it as a political propaganda misleading of the [...]