Farmer Achieves Highest Rate of Wheat Productivity

Gms: SV, 31 July

While the Northern State was suffering a low productivity of wheat due to the high price of the production inputs, traditional farmer Abdul Ghani Abdul Latif, of Belnarte Island of Argo Locality, managed to produce a little bit more than 300 sacks from a 10-feddan plot he cultivated on the island where he lives.
Farmers in the region have persisted for years, despite the circumstances, growing crops, particularly wheat, but the high prices of inputs went up [...]

Increase in Electricity Prices for Housing Sector Suspended

Gms: Khartoum, July 31 (SUNA)

The committee assigned with implementation of the recent economic measures, headed by the First Vice – President, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, has decided suspension of the increase in electricity prices for the housing sector as of August 1 until completion of the studies pertinent to lifting the subsidy and reform of the electricity prices for the housing and other sectors.
A meeting of the committee Sunday decided formation of a special committee, to be chaired by [...]

Turabi in Cairo: presenting an expired merchandise

By Abdul Rahman Al Zuma

Khartoum gms

After the humiliating sacking of Hassan Al Turabi from all his party and official posts, on the forth of Ramadan the Egyptian magazine Al-Mussawwar made an interview with him. He spoke about the assassination attempt on the life of “the deposed” Egyptian President Husni Mubarak in Addis Ababa. He accused top  government officials of being the plotters. The reporter of the magazine listened to him and said,” we know all this but the question is [...]

Egypt 1-1 New Zealand: Salah cancels out Wood opener as both sides claim first point of Olympics

Gms: Goal.com, 31 July,  By Ryan Grant

Egypt and New Zealand claimed their first points of the tournament in Group C, with a hard-fought draw at Old Trafford.

The All Whites fielded an unchanged side from that which narrowly lost to Belarus in the opening game, whilst tricky winger Mohamed Salah was the only new face to feature from the off for Egypt.
Hany Ramzy’s side started the game as they had finished their last, with fluidity in their passing and confidence [...]

Sudan-UN Women Cooperation Discussed

Gms: Khartoum, July 31 (SUNA)

Minister of Welfare and Social Security, Amira Al-Fadel reviewed, Monday, with the Director of the UN Commission for Women in Sudan the commission’s future projects in Sudan.
The minister discussed with the UN Official the Rural Woman Project in Sudan and the future of joint work between the ministry and the commission.

Dr. Al-Seesi affirms importance of protection to voluntary repatriation areas

Gms: Khartoum, July 31 (SUNA)

Chairman of Darfur Regional Authority, Dr.Tigani El-Sessi, has affirmed importance of protection to the areas of the voluntary repatriation and its sustainability.
During his meeting Sunday with the Interior Minister and the chairman of the Darfur Peace Follow-up Office, Dr. -El-Sessi said that the issue of the Societal Police Forces could be a tool for building confidence between the various organs and the returnees to the villages of the voluntary repatriation.
Dr.El-Sessi stressed that the meeting [...]

Sudan Negotiators with S. Sudan: an agreement is about to be concluded

Gms: Sudanradio.info, 31 July

The Sudan delegation to talks with South Sudan under an African Union meditation in Addis Ababa said that an agreement is about to be concluded by the two parties concerning fees of transporting Southern crude oil through Sudan’s territory. The Secretary General of the Oil ministry Assayed Awad Abdulfatah said that his government offered $32.20 for each pipeline. He added that the government delegation was flexible concerning other economic issues. Mr. Abdulfatah explained that the two sides [...]

30% of Constitutional Posts Downsized in South Kordofan State Government

Gms: Kadugli, SV, 31 July

a Governor of South Kordofan state His honor Ahmed Mohammed Haroun announced today that 16 constitutional posts were downsized, a number that constitutes 30% of his government’s body. He accepted the resignations –willingly submitted ones- of a number of consultants, mayors, presidency mayors, and heads of a number of specialized councils and commissions; all in coping with the economic measures package declared by the federal government.
In press releases today he explained that what happened is [...]

Minister of Finance Calls Private Sector to Finance Agricultural Projects

Gms: Sudanradio.info, 31 July

The minister of Finance Ali Mahmoud stressed importance of the Fait agricultural project and the Qabi Dairy plant in the Nile River states saying the two projects are considered a successful model of private sector finance. The minister added that the two projects were part of a three-year programme to increase production agricultural and animal production. During a tour in the two projects in the River Nile state, the minister gave directives for the state government [...]

Sudan Ambassador to London: No one of Sudanese Olympic Mission Sought Asylum

Gms: London, July 31 (SUNA)

Sudan Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland, Abdalla Al-Azraq, affirmed Sunday that the three Sudanese nationals who have sought asylum were not among the Sudanese mission participating in the Olympic Games in London.
Sudan Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland said in a telephone call with the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) that the members of the Sudanese Olympic mission the athletes, Ismail Ahmed Ismail, and Abu-Baker Kaki and two other swimmers have attended a [...]