Archive for August, 2012
US Charge d Affaires: Washington does not Seek Regime Change in Khartoum
Gms; Khartoum, SV, ST, 31 August
US Chargé d’ Affaires, Joseph D. Stafford, said he was misquoted by a local daily when he was asked if a regime change in Khartoum might help to normalize relations with Sudan.
“My response to this question was and remains that the Sudanese people decide the form and nature of their government; we accept and respect the choice and sovereignty of the Sudanese people,” Stafford said.
Last Sunday, the ruling National Congress Party slammed statements [...]
EDS Intensifies Military Presence at Tensions, Conflicts areas
Gms: Khartoum (smc), 31 August
Eastern Darfur state government gave instructions to intensify military presence in areas that have witnessed recent tensions and struggles in the state at time the state’s government affirms security stability across various localities.
EDS’s governor Gen Mohamed Fadel Allah Hamid reveals in statement to (smc) that they have set a plan to deploy integrated police and army troops on road that links between ALDiaan, Nyala Yasin localities and buffer zone at Rizagat and Missireiya areas. The [...]
(800) People from Dinka Nagok Return to Abyei
Gms: Khartoum (smc), 31 August
Native administration in Abyei reveals the return of nearly 800 people from Dinka Nagok to the area at time the administration insisted on the importance of holding dialogue as means to maintain peace and stability in the area. AL Mazaghna tribe Chief Hamdi ALdodo told (smc) that they fear referendum operation. He said they fear the operation in the sense that the international community is not impartial party as such. Unfortunately he said international community practices [...]
Sudan’s Islamic Movement General Convention Kicks off in November
Gms; Khartoum, SV, 31 August
Chairman of the preparatory committee for the 8th General Convention of Sudan’s Islamic Movement, Prof. Ibrahim Ahmed Omer, said the Movement would not renew the term of Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, incumbent Secretary General of Sudan’s Islamic Movement because of serving two terms. Similarly, he indicated, the terms of the Movement’s Secretaries would also not be renewed.
“The general convention of the Islamic Movement scheduled for mid November will pass the constitution [...]
PCP Deadline Extended in Blue Nile
Gms: Khartoum (smc), 31 August
President Omar Al Bashir issues a republican decree extending popular consultancy deadline for another six months in Blue Nile state. Head of parliamentary commission for popular consultancy in the state Siraj Al Dein Hamad Attaelmanan said consultancy program was in fact has gone far and what remain is to interviewing elites sector respondents. Attaelmanan accuses ousted governor Malik Agar as responsible for delaying competition of consultancy program on schedule. It notes that consultancy commission in Blue [...]
South Sudan: UN Envoy Condemns Latest Outbreak of Violence
Gms: Khartoum (smc) Sudan Vision Daily, 31 August
The top United Nations official in South Sudan today condemned an attack by armed insurgents in the country’s eastern Jonglei state, noting that the violence was a deliberate attempt to undermine the country’s progress towards peace and reconciliation.
On 23 August, armed fighters believed to be loyal to a renegade leader named David Yau Yau attacked South Sudanese troops stationed in the Nanaam area of Pibor County in Jonglei.
According to the [...]
Marvels, milestones and rivalry reprised
Gms: (FIFA.com) 31 August 2012
FIFA.com’s latest stats review features memorable moments for David Beckham, Javier Zanetti and Aaron Johansson, a long-awaited Ligue 1 win for Reims, and broken records in Spain‘s biggest fixture.
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CONCACAF, Champions League goals, was the landmark reached in spectacular style on Thursday, when David Beckham scored direct from a corner. This is the third such goal for the LA Galaxy in his long and illustrious career, and comes 17 years on from his first, while he [...]
South Kordofan Starts Work on Ring Road
Gms: Khartoum (smc), 31 August
Ministry of physical planning in southern Kordofan state reveals it has set an ambitious three year plan extended from the second stage of national strategic plan 2012-16. The state’s plan aims to reconstruct and rehabilitate basic infrastructure projects in the state, physical planning ministry says. The plan according to the ministry also designs to boost economic sector in rain fed cotton schemes, dairy farms, mining and cement industry. Minister of physical planning in the [...]
The activities of Khalawi and Maseeds
The Khalawi (Koran Schools) and Maseeds (Mosques) played and are still playing great roles in designing the consciences of the people of Sudan. They were the available institutes for teaching the people the teachings of Islam. So they were the places where the people got their education. Most of them were established by clergy and charitable persons. There is another characteristic distinguishing those institutes. Most of them were established in remote and isolated spots of land where no one wanted [...]