New Antarctic Ice Shelf Threatened by Warming

LONDON – Scientists are predicting the disappearance of another vast ice shelf in Antarctica by the end of the century that will accelerate rising sea levels.

The Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf fringing the Weddell Sea on the eastern side of Antarctica has so far not seen ice loss from global warming and much of the observation of melting has focused on the western side of the continent around the Amundsen Sea. But new research from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and [...]

Computerized Municipalities to promote the rural renaissance

The government of North Darfur State in cooperation with the ministry of Communications and Information Technology organized in Al-Fashir the tenth information forum, under the motto of “Computerized Municipalities to promote the rural renaissance”. In the first session chaired by the state minister of finance, Dr. Abdu Dawood the forum discussed the reports of the states and the strategic five year plan for each, in addition to the data base of the states. The forum recommended that the center should [...]

Sudan Celebrates World Malaria Day :Cases of Malaria Down by more than 80%: Ministry

Kassala:  The Federal Ministry of Health declared that Malaria cases have dropped by over 80% of its initial percentage in the threshold year of 2000. The fatality rate also declined by 60% of its initial percentage in the threshold year of 2000.
Dr. Khalid Abdulmutalib said in the opening ceremony of the conference of the Malaria Directorates Managers in the states in Kassala that the strategy of the National Program to Combat Malaria is dependent on reinforcing combating Malaria and [...]

The Composer Asmaa Hamza: the new songs are shallow.

Asmaa Hamza Bashir is one of rare Sudanese women who entered the world of songs composing. She was interviewed by al-Raed reporter Intisar Jaffer. Here are some Qs and As.

Q1: Why did you choose composing?

A1: When I was a child I used to feel shy when I talked. I loved singing. My father bought me a lute. Using that musical instrument led me to composing.

Q2: But you are a woman in a conservative society.

A2: I was brought up in an [...]

Yes, South Sudan Is A Failed State

By Tearz Ayuen (Borglobe)

Though there is no universal definition of a failed state, a failed state can be a nation seen as having failed at some of the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government, according to Wikipedia. Whoever takes all the blames is the government which comprises of individuals in the executive, legislative and judiciary branches of the government. One of the core indicators of a failed state is extreme political corruption. Let me start it off with corruption [...]

Sudan Affirms Strong Ties with People of South Sudan, says they are victims of SPLM

Gms: Khartoum, SV, 18 May

President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Hassan Al Bashir, has said that Sudan has no problem with the people of South Sudan who are themselves victims of the SPLM conspiracies.
Addressing yesterday a mobilization in Al-Barrari in Khartoum State, the President said the Government of South Sudan shut down oil thinking that it would tighten the embargo on the country. He said Sudan would not allow the South to export oil across its territories until [...]

Oil Minister Chairs Meeting of Council of Planning for Settlement of Oil Industries

Gms: Khartoum, May 18 (SUNA)

The Minister of Oil, Dr. Awad Ahmed Al-Jaz, has underscored the importance of settlement of the oil industry in the country with the context of the five-year plan and through a programmed plan that is based on determining the actual requirements and absorbs the potentialities of existing industrial base toward pushing ahead the settlement of the oil industry.
This came when Dr. Al-Jaz chaired Wednesday the first meeting of the Council of Planning for Settlement of [...]

Libyan Delegation arrives in Khartoum to sign work contracts with Sudanese Forensic Doctors

Gms: Khartoum, May 18 (SUNA)

A delegation of the Libyan Ministry of Labour arrived in Khartoum to sign contracts with Sudanese forensic doctors in order to work in Libya.

Meanwhile, Dr. Osman Al-Zintani, a Libyan Forensic Specialist, said in a statement to SUNA that Libya is in need for forensic doctors following discovery of mass graves of martyrs and missing persons after the liberation of Libya.
He said that Libya intends to make work contracts with Sudanese forensic doctors because the Libyans [...]

Minister of Foreign Affairs briefs Ambassadors of Egypt, UAE and Indonesia on situation between Sudan and South Sudan

Gms: Khartoum, May 18 (SUNA)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs ,Ali Ahmed Karti, received Tuesday at his office the ambassadors of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Republic of Indonesia, respectively, who conveyed support of their countries to the Sudan and they discussed means of enhancing the mechanisms of cooperation between Sudan and their countries.
The Ambassador of UAE to Khartoum, Hassan Ahmed Al-Shehi, has handed two written messages to the Foreign Minister from his UAE counterpart,Al-Shiekh Abdalla bin Zayed [...]

Chairman of Consumer Protection’s Prosecution calls for enactment of unified law for consumer protection to ease application

Gms: Khartoum, May 18 (SUNA)

Chairman of the Consumer Protection Prosecution Office, Mohamed Al-Mustafa Musa, has called for integrating all the laws pertinent to the consumer protection in a unified act to simplify the application.
He disclosed existence of more than 30 state and federal laws that are now being applied.
Musa affirmed the importance of coordination between the concerned bodies in the consumer’s protection to avoid obstacle in the application and to come out with a good enforcement of the [...]