President Al-Bashir meets Thabo Mbeki

Gms: Khartoum, July 9 (SUNA)

President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir on Saturday met with the Chair of the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel(AUHIP), Thabo Mbeki in the Gust House on the background of the breakthrough made in the recent round of negotiations between Sudan and State of South Sudan in Addis Ababa which is scheduled to be resumed next Thursday.

After the meeting, Mbeki said in press statements the two parties to negotiations has made remarkable progress during the [...]

AUC Deputy Chairperson: Trade is a Means of the Development of the Continent and Women are Key Drivers of Trade

Gms: Addis Ababa, SV, 9 July

The 6th gender pre-Summit meeting opened on 6th July 2012 under the theme: “Boosting Intra-African Trade”. The topics to be tackled during the meeting are the role of women in trade in Africa, the role of women entrepreneurs and food security in Africa. The meeting aims at updating the participants on what is being done on the continent in terms of gender equality and women’s rights by the African Union and other actors.
In his [...]

Gebriel Offers Bribes to JEM Commanders to Limit Their Ambitions

Gms: Khartoum (smc), 9 July

Justice and Equality Movement ,has started offering financial bribes, to limit ambitions of some leaders, who attempting to takeover leadership .A source from JEM ,spoke on c condition of anonymity ,told (smc) that ,head of the movement ,Gibril Ibrahim, was forced to offer huge money, for his foreign affairs adviser ,Ahmed Hussain Adam ,to let him give up his ambition, for leadership. Adam, according to sources, has responded to financial offers, and halts activities, he had [...]

Nuba Leading Figures Condemn SPLA Criminal Behavior

Gms: Khartoum (smc), 9 July

Leading figures, from Nuba Mountains, have condemned SPLA criminal act, of targeting Nuba, in clear reference, to assassination of southern kordofan state legislative speaker Ibrahim Balandia, on Friday, together with other five Nuba dignitaries, accompanying him. Leading figure Ali AL Shayeb, told (smc) that, the incident motivates people in the area, to clear insurgents and mercenaries completely, from the state. However, Nuiba leaders have demanded presidency of the republic, to hurry up filling constitutional vacuum, by [...]

Sudan, S. Sudan Agree on Negotiations Strategy

Gms: Khartoum, SV, 9 July

Sudan delegation to Addis Ababa talks headed by Lt. Gen. (Eng) Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein, returned to Khartoum yesterday as talks were deferred until Thursday to enable South Sudan to celebrate its first independence anniversary.

Hussein held a press conference at Khartoum airport to brief the media on talks-related developments. He revealed that the two parties agreed to adopt a dialogue strategy and distancing themselves from use of force to resolve the outstanding issues.

He emphasized the importance [...]

Tight Security Measures Taken as Darfur People Conference Approaches

Gms: El Fasher, SV, 9 July

Government of Northern Darfur State has increased security preparations for the launch of Darfur people conference to be held in El Fasher next Tuesday.

Spokesman for the state government, Zubaydah Suleiman confirmed completion of all administrative and technical arrangements to host local and foreign delegations, noting that there is a wide deployment of the organized troops inside and outside the state to provide security and necessary protection during the conference.
She pointed out that the said [...]

FIFA to rule on Zambia’s protest over Sudan this month

Gms: Sudan.net, Ghana Soccer Net – July 9

Zambian football’s governing body has said world governing body FIFA will rule over its protest on Sudan’s fielding an ineligible player in a 2014 World Cup qualifier earlier this month.

However, the FIFA disciplinary committee’s ruling over the matter will be passed on to the world governing body’s executive committee for approval

A FAZ statement posted on its social network, Facebook wall stated that the FIFA executive committee would only sit in September but the [...]

Islamic Agency Aid Nearly 8000 Families in Blue Nile

Gms: Khartoum (smc), 9 July

Islamic Relief Agency, Damazin office in Blue Nile affirms completion of providing assistance to farmers and poor people affected by turmoil at Geissan and Rosaries localities in the state. IRA chair in the state Mohamed Hassan Kabashi told (smc) that they have distributed improved seeds and offered agricultural equipments for nearly: 8000 family members, and launched agricultural guidance for farmers. He explained that the Islamic agency in collaboration with DDR and UNDP has offered to demobilized [...]

Ministry of Minerals Imports Machineries to Increase Gold Extraction Rate

Gms: Khartoum, SV, 9 July

Minister of Minerals Kamal Abdul-Latif has announced arrival of machines help in increasing the extraction rate of gold from the State of South Africa and were immediately distributed to the mining sites.
He also disclosed that Iranian experts would arrive in Sudan next week to develop gold laboratories.
Welcoming the visit of the Minister of Finance and National Economy Ali Mahmoud to the premises of the Ministry of Minerals, Abdul-Latif said that his Ministry encourages the [...]