Headlines of Local Newspapers on Aug 1st, 2012

Gms: Khartoum, Aug 2 (SUNA)

Following are major headlines of local newspapers issued here Wednesday:

Al-Rayid:
Economic talks between Sudan and Qatar at Doha today
Gandour: Sudanese-Egyptian protocol allows trucks travel between the two countries
Al-Tahir: Relations with America is unstable , Washington announces rejection of unconstitutional change of Khartoum regime

Al-Sahafa:
Hammad: 6 killed, rebels behind Neyala protests
Health Ministry sues investors in Khartoum hospital to recover 6.8 billion pounds

Al-Hurra:
Washington says normalization of relations with Khartoum depends on striking agreement with [...]

Inter-Arab investments total $ 179 billion during 17 years; Sudan is second largest hosting country

Gms: Khartoum, August 2 (SUNA)

An economic report issued recently revealed that the direct flow inter-Arab investments, during the last 17-years between 1995 and 2011, reached about 178.5 billion dollars from which 7 countries attained 82 % at a value of 144.4 billion dollars including Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The annual report of the investment climate in Arab countries for 2011, launched by the Arab Institution for Investment Guarantee and Export Credit [...]

Abu Garda Meets Brazilian Ambassador

Gms: Khartoum, August 2 (SUNA)

Minister of Federal Health, Bahr Idriss Abu Garda received at his office, Tuesday, the Brazilian Ambassador to Sudan and reviewed with him means for development of health cooperation between the two countries.
The Brazilian diplomat affirmed the firmness of the Sudanese-Brazilian relations in all fields, renewing his commitment over strengthening of health cooperation with Sudan.

FIFA Ethics Committee bans Mohamed bin Hammam as provisional measure

(FIFA.com) 2 August 2012

At the request of Michael J. Garcia (chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee), Hans-Joachim Eckert (chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee) today provisionally banned Mohamed bin Hammam from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for a period of a maximum of 90 days. The decision was taken based on art. 83 par. 1 in fine of the FIFA Code of Ethics, in order to [...]

Dr. Nafie Honors Singer Siddiq Ahmed

Gms: Khartoum, August 2 (SUNA)
Assistant of the President of the Republic, Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie, Monday visited the singer Siddiq Ahmed in his residence in Um Al-Qura quarter, Khartoum North in the context of the Social Communication Program which was adopted by the Council of Ministers for meetings with outstanding figures in the society at different fields.
Dr. Nafie has praised the role of the singer Siddiq Ahmed in keeping heritage and supporting Tambur (singing of Shaygia tribe of [...]

La menace des pesticides en Afrique

Source : Afrique Relance- Des décharges de déchets toxiques menacent les populations, le bétail et les terres

Une nouvelle étude de la FAO, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture, a révélé que le volume des stocks de pesticides périmés et mortels est cinq fois supérieur aux estimations antérieures et qu’il constitue une véritable bombe à retardement toxique pour l’Afrique et d’autres régions en développement. Publiés le 9 mai dernier, ces nouveaux chiffres alarmants portent les quantités de pesticides périmés et [...]

Sudan delegation to Addis Ababa talks: The President in principle accepts the meeting with Salva Kier

Gms: Addis Ababa, August 2 (SUNA)

Sudan delegation to the negotiations in Addis Ababa has issued a press release in which it affirmed that Sudan accepts in principle a meeting to be held between the President of the Republic, Field Marshal, Omer Al-Bashir, and President of State of South Sudan, Salva Kier, in response to the call of the African mediator, Thabo Mbeki, indicating that the time of the meeting is to be determined later.
The release stated that the time [...]

Preparatory Committee for the Donors’ Conference convene its sixth meeting Tuesday

Gms: Khartoum, August 2 (SUNA)

The preparatory committee for the Donors’ Conference for Darfur Peace Tuesday held a meeting at the headquarters of the African Development Bank in Khartoum in the presence of the Chairmen of Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), Dr. Tigani Seesi, representatives of World Bank, the African Development Bank, the USAID, the Islamic Development Bank and the Federal Ministry of Finance.
In a statement after the meeting, the Minister of infrastructures and Rehabilitation at the Darfur Regional Authority, Taj-Eddin [...]

Atta Warns Against Laxity in Dealing with Rebels in GLR

Gms: Khartoum, SV, 2 August

a meeting of chiefs of intelligence and staff of the Great Lakes Region (GLR) kicked off yesterday in Khartoum as part of ongoing preparations for the meeting of the Defence Ministers of the Great Lakes Region scheduled to convene tomorrow Wednesday.
Addressing the meeting, the executive director of the Great Lakes Region stressed the importance of preparing a unified military plan to eradicate negative forces in the GLR particularly the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) and other [...]

ASC Proposed Postponement of Talks

Gms: Khartoum (smc), 1 August

Abyei supervision commission (ASC) has presented a proposal to AU for suspending talks over the formation of civil institutions for Abyei area to August 10. Co chair of the commission Al Khar Al Fahim told (smc) that the proposal aims at achieving additional achievements as regard to forming police, legislative council and the administrative body as well. Al Fahim noted that a copy of the proposal was also submitted to southern Sudan co chair Luka Byoung.