July 18, 2010
Over 1100 students graduate
A graduation ceremony for 1101 graduates of the training courses in the administrative and technical fields was held recently. The ceremony was organized by the East Sudan Development Fund in cooperation with the National Institution for Development and Rehabilitation.
The Assistant of the President of the Republic, Musa Mohamed Ahmed, addressed the graduates. He noted various political concerns such as the International Criminal Court's warrant to arrest the President Bashir, and the coming referendum for south Sudan. He called on all citizens of Sudan to participate in the development and re-building of the country.
http://www.sudanvisiondaily.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=59160
July 17, 2010
Summer rain
Government officials are warning citizens to check drainage around their homes and neighbourhood because heavy rain is expected in Khartoum and regions north. Rainfall amounted to 15 mm in Kassala last week.
The meteorologists noted that next weeks rains will cover all states of the Sudan.
http://www.sudanvisiondaily.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=59146
UPDATE Tuesday, July20. Thunderstorms are forecast for Port Sudan this week.
July 16, 2010
Donor Conference postponed to November
Presidential Advisor and NCP Foreign
Relations Secretary, Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail announced that the Donors
International Development and Reconstruction Conference for Eastern
Sudan will be hosted by Kuwait next November.
He was briefing the diplomatic corps in Sudan at the UNDP premises yesterday and revealed that the paper to be presented to the conference will be discussed on August 16th including the high preparatory committee.
He added that the high committee of the Conference includes each of the Kuwaiti Funds, Arab Fund for Investment, Islamic Development Bank (Jeddah), UNDP and Eastern Sudan Development Fund.
Ismail announced the completion of the establishment of the High Council of Investment chaired by President Al Bashir pointing out that the Council will work in removing all the obstacles facing the investors.
He considered that the conference has joint interest between Sudan and the international community as it concentrates on the investment and not services.
The Presidential Advisor revealed the completion of the projects, plans, and feasibility studies to be presented to the conference with the participation of all concerned sectors.
He called on the diplomatic corps representatives to urge their companies and organizations to commit to the projects presented through investors. Ismail enlightened the ambassadors and diplomatic corp representatives on the investment, tourism, and economic capabilities of eastern Sudan.
http://www.sudanvisiondaily.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=59115
This conference was announced in November 2009, and was originally planned for March 2010.
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2010/01/donor-conference-set-for-march-2010.html
Adroub.net news has previously identified a variety of infrastructure projects for East Sudan.
Tourist bases
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2009/10/tourist-project-established-at-suakin.html
Fish canning
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2010/02/fish-canning-plant-to-be-built-on-red.html
Schools and health clinics
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2009/09/development-projects-contracts-to-be.html
maybe some roads to get to gold discovery sites.
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2010/01/gold-discovered-in-nubian-desert.html
Skyscraper City forum has details on dams, and oil drilling
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1105615
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=51010027
The Sudan government has a list of various projects that need funding.
Gum Arabic processing (Kassala)
Chlorine manufacturing from salt from Red Sea
http://www.sudaninvest.org/English/Projects-Industry.htm
Expansion of Port Sudan Airport
Suwakin Port expansion, specialized exports - fish, cattle, containers.
Iron ore ship loading wharf. Osaif Iron Ore Export Port
Green Docks in Port Sudan
http://www.sudaninvest.org/English/Projects-Infra.htm
He was briefing the diplomatic corps in Sudan at the UNDP premises yesterday and revealed that the paper to be presented to the conference will be discussed on August 16th including the high preparatory committee.
He added that the high committee of the Conference includes each of the Kuwaiti Funds, Arab Fund for Investment, Islamic Development Bank (Jeddah), UNDP and Eastern Sudan Development Fund.
Ismail announced the completion of the establishment of the High Council of Investment chaired by President Al Bashir pointing out that the Council will work in removing all the obstacles facing the investors.
He considered that the conference has joint interest between Sudan and the international community as it concentrates on the investment and not services.
The Presidential Advisor revealed the completion of the projects, plans, and feasibility studies to be presented to the conference with the participation of all concerned sectors.
He called on the diplomatic corps representatives to urge their companies and organizations to commit to the projects presented through investors. Ismail enlightened the ambassadors and diplomatic corp representatives on the investment, tourism, and economic capabilities of eastern Sudan.
http://www.sudanvisiondaily.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=59115
This conference was announced in November 2009, and was originally planned for March 2010.
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2010/01/donor-conference-set-for-march-2010.html
Adroub.net news has previously identified a variety of infrastructure projects for East Sudan.
Tourist bases
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2009/10/tourist-project-established-at-suakin.html
Fish canning
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2010/02/fish-canning-plant-to-be-built-on-red.html
Schools and health clinics
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2009/09/development-projects-contracts-to-be.html
maybe some roads to get to gold discovery sites.
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2010/01/gold-discovered-in-nubian-desert.html
Skyscraper City forum has details on dams, and oil drilling
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1105615
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=51010027
The Sudan government has a list of various projects that need funding.
Gum Arabic processing (Kassala)
Chlorine manufacturing from salt from Red Sea
http://www.sudaninvest.org/English/Projects-Industry.htm
Expansion of Port Sudan Airport
Suwakin Port expansion, specialized exports - fish, cattle, containers.
Iron ore ship loading wharf. Osaif Iron Ore Export Port
Green Docks in Port Sudan
http://www.sudaninvest.org/English/Projects-Infra.htm
July 5, 2010
Animals for Ramadan
Swakin Veterinarian Quarantine
Posted on Monday, July 05 @ 00:10:00 BST by Port Sudan- Omer
Mohammed Fadallah
The President of the Republic, Omer Al
Bashir inaugurated Swakin Veterinary Quarantine that marks the
transition of the said work from Port Sudan to Swakin.
Minister of Livestock and Fisheries, Dr. Faisal Hassan Ibrahim said, during the opening ceremony the quarantine which has a capacity of 3,750,000 heads will help in increasing the Sudan's export of livestock affirming the provision of all the health requirements required by the World Organization for Animal Health and importing countries. The head of the General Administration of Veterinary Quarantines at the Ministry of Animal Resources, Dr. Suleiman Jaber explained that they have worked to solve the problem of water by establishing desalination plant besides drilling three wells. Livestock Exporters Division announced its readiness to start the season of sacrifice at the beginning of the next Ramadan. The head of the Division, Ahmad Idris said that the new quarantine will reduce the cost whereas all the operations will be through the port of Swakin.
http://www.sudanvisiondaily.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=58605
Minister of Livestock and Fisheries, Dr. Faisal Hassan Ibrahim said, during the opening ceremony the quarantine which has a capacity of 3,750,000 heads will help in increasing the Sudan's export of livestock affirming the provision of all the health requirements required by the World Organization for Animal Health and importing countries. The head of the General Administration of Veterinary Quarantines at the Ministry of Animal Resources, Dr. Suleiman Jaber explained that they have worked to solve the problem of water by establishing desalination plant besides drilling three wells. Livestock Exporters Division announced its readiness to start the season of sacrifice at the beginning of the next Ramadan. The head of the Division, Ahmad Idris said that the new quarantine will reduce the cost whereas all the operations will be through the port of Swakin.
http://www.sudanvisiondaily.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=58605
June 30, 2010
Border crossing freedom
An agreement signed June 29 allows people to travel freely between Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Burundi. This has good benefits for pastoralists, as they may travel to find pastures for their animals, or take them to markets.
Augustine Lotodo, a member of parliament in the East African Legislative Assembly, told IRIN on 30 June.: "This Security in Mobility initiative is one of the best things to happen to pastoralists in a long time. During colonial times, pastoralism was respected and they were allowed to move around freely but after independence, border restrictions hampered their way of life."
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/FERB-86WHGT
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Augustine Lotodo, a member of parliament in the East African Legislative Assembly, told IRIN on 30 June.: "This Security in Mobility initiative is one of the best things to happen to pastoralists in a long time. During colonial times, pastoralism was respected and they were allowed to move around freely but after independence, border restrictions hampered their way of life."
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/FERB-86WHGT
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Basketball player Manute Bol dies
Sudanese tall man Manute Bol died on June 19, 2010.He was 7'7" tall and had played in the US based basketball league, the NBA, for the Washington Bullets. A Dinka man, his heart was for Sudan, where he helped build hospitals. He had been there to help with the elections in April, 2010. Manute contracted health problems, and delayed some of his health needs, which later lead to his death in Virginia, USA.
Read an article that describes his career, and character.
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2010/s10060131.htm
Another article describes his motivation for helping in Sudan.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704853404575323043046894012.html
June 15, 2010
Economy- Is oil creating a spree?
A World Bank report challenges Sudan's spending over the past decade. Has the country gone on a spending spree that is wise?
Sudan must use its oil production, which has helped to quintuple the size of its economy in the past decade, to create more balanced and sustainable growth, the World Bank said.
With an independence referendum due in January in Southern Sudan, the source of most of the country’s oil, the government in Khartoum needs to invest in agriculture and other non-oil industries, and reduce the dominant role of the state, the bank said yesterday.
“While oil-led growth over the past 10 years has greatly improved the Sudanese economy, its sustainability is under threat,” the bank said in a statement announcing its latest Country Economic
Memorandum on Sudan.
Sudan’s rapid economic development has also created tensions that threaten to spark instability, the bank said. War has raged in the western region of Darfur for the past seven years after rebels took up arms, accusing the Khartoum government of neglecting the region.
“The unbalanced development of the country, with a large disparity between the center and periphery, remains a potential source for conflict and political instability,” the bank said.
President Umar Al Bashir’s government needs to allow a greater role for private companies and start “developing the agriculture sector as the next big alternative source of growth to the oil sector in the medium-term,” it said.
Economic Expansion
Sudan’s gross domestic product expanded to $53 billion in 2008 from $10 billion in 1999, the year oil exports started, the bank said. Annual per capita income increased to $532 in 2008 from $334 in 1999, it said.
“Oil wealth has enabled Sudan to roll-out a massive expansion of its physical and social infrastructure including a doubling of the road network and electricity generation,” the bank said.
About 70 percent of Sudan’s crude is pumped in the semi-autonomous region of Southern Sudan, central bank Governor Sabir Hassan said in a June 9 lecture in Khartoum.
Companies including China National Petroleum Corp., Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd. and India’s Natural Gas Corp. pump the bulk of daily output of about 490,000 barrels. Sudan is sub-Saharan Africa’s third-biggest oil producer, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy.
“If Southern Sudan secedes, it could affect the economy negatively unless the government takes measures to counter it,” Hassan said.
http://www.sudanvisiondaily.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=57878
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Sudan must use its oil production, which has helped to quintuple the size of its economy in the past decade, to create more balanced and sustainable growth, the World Bank said.
With an independence referendum due in January in Southern Sudan, the source of most of the country’s oil, the government in Khartoum needs to invest in agriculture and other non-oil industries, and reduce the dominant role of the state, the bank said yesterday.
“While oil-led growth over the past 10 years has greatly improved the Sudanese economy, its sustainability is under threat,” the bank said in a statement announcing its latest Country Economic
Memorandum on Sudan.
Sudan’s rapid economic development has also created tensions that threaten to spark instability, the bank said. War has raged in the western region of Darfur for the past seven years after rebels took up arms, accusing the Khartoum government of neglecting the region.
“The unbalanced development of the country, with a large disparity between the center and periphery, remains a potential source for conflict and political instability,” the bank said.
President Umar Al Bashir’s government needs to allow a greater role for private companies and start “developing the agriculture sector as the next big alternative source of growth to the oil sector in the medium-term,” it said.
Economic Expansion
Sudan’s gross domestic product expanded to $53 billion in 2008 from $10 billion in 1999, the year oil exports started, the bank said. Annual per capita income increased to $532 in 2008 from $334 in 1999, it said.
“Oil wealth has enabled Sudan to roll-out a massive expansion of its physical and social infrastructure including a doubling of the road network and electricity generation,” the bank said.
About 70 percent of Sudan’s crude is pumped in the semi-autonomous region of Southern Sudan, central bank Governor Sabir Hassan said in a June 9 lecture in Khartoum.
Companies including China National Petroleum Corp., Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd. and India’s Natural Gas Corp. pump the bulk of daily output of about 490,000 barrels. Sudan is sub-Saharan Africa’s third-biggest oil producer, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy.
“If Southern Sudan secedes, it could affect the economy negatively unless the government takes measures to counter it,” Hassan said.
http://www.sudanvisiondaily.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=57878
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Keep peace: Church in Sudan
Rumbek — The Church has challenged the government to ensure that peace is maintained among Sudanese people.
In a communiqué issued at the end of a three-day regional peace conference for the people of Western Equatorial and Greater Bahr al Ghazal regions and organized by the Episcopal Church of Sudan, delegates said that they were deeply grieved that violent conflicts among the southern peoples continue to tear apart our communities and threaten our future.
"These five years of peace have been spoiled by the suffering and disunity of our people. We know that development cannot come to us until there is true peace, and we are concerned for our future," said the conference delegates in a communiqué issued at the end of the three-day regional peace conference (June 1-3).
"We have gathered together in Rumbek, the Episcopal Church of Sudan, the government, the chiefs, and the people of Western Equatoria and Greater Bahr al Ghazal, because of our deep desire to find a way to move forward in peace. Let us unite ourselves, and move forward hand in hand," the conference delegates further pointed out. And they observed that the Churches in Sudan have been vital to the peace process, both during and following the war. "We are called by Christ to be peacemakers, "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called Children of God," (Matthew 5:9)."
"The Church does not belong to one tribe or one clan, the Church is universal, and will continue in its role as a light to the people, pointing the way to peace," added the Church communiqué.
During the three-day regional conference delegates were treated to lectures on peace and conflict resolution and received reports from the governors, archbishop and bishops.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201006111114.html
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June 2, 2010
Donors conference coming in December
Donors' Conference for East to Implement Projects at Cost of Three Billion Dollars
Khartoum — The first technical meeting for the Donors Conference for Rehabilitation and Development of Eastern Sudan Monday endorsed implementation of development and Investment projects that would be presented for the Donors Conference in Kuwait in next November, at the cost of three billion US dollars.The rapporeur of the preparatory committee, Engineer Abu-Obaida Mohamed Duj, said in a press conference he held at Fateh Tower Hotel Monday that the Donors Conference aims to attracting international assistance for the people of east Sudan.
The development projects included education, health, animal
resources, capacity building, poverty alleviation, roads and bridges,
water harvest and infrastructure for agricultural schemes, revealing
that a technical committee will arrive from Kuwait within two weeks to
assess the projects.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the delegation of the Kuwaiti
Fund for Arab Economic Development, Rudhwan Abdallah, said that the
fund has gone too far in endorsing the rehabilitation and development
projects, expressing his pleasure over Kuwait's hosting to the
conference with the participation of the UNDP and number of Kuwaiti
funds and private institutions.
Representative of the UNDP affirmed its commitment to provide all the requirements for the conference, which will provide a a good opportunity to exchange ideas and to develop east Sudan which needs rehabilitation of infrastructure. MF/MO Donors' Conference for East Sudan to Implement Projects at Cost of Three Billion Dollars.
May 20, 2010
Hamishkoreb voting rerun
Officials announced that voting in the area where a ballot box stuffing was taped on video will be redone.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64F0D6.htm
The video can be seen online. We linked to it in an earlier post here on adroub.blogspot.com
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2010/04/election-stuffing-votes-caught-on-video.html
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64F0D6.htm
The video can be seen online. We linked to it in an earlier post here on adroub.blogspot.com
http://adroub.blogspot.com/2010/04/election-stuffing-votes-caught-on-video.html
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Small dam near Keren
A micro-dam with a capacity of holding over 100,000 cubic
meters of water is under construction in the Derequ administrative area,
Keren sub-zone.
The Administrator of the area, Mr. Samuel Niguse, indicated that 70% of the project has been finalized and that it would make major contribution in easing potable water supply problem in the locality. He further explained that the micro-dam is expected to irrigate the nearby 5 hectares.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201005190640.html
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The Administrator of the area, Mr. Samuel Niguse, indicated that 70% of the project has been finalized and that it would make major contribution in easing potable water supply problem in the locality. He further explained that the micro-dam is expected to irrigate the nearby 5 hectares.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201005190640.html
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May 12, 2010
Needed: Cash for demining
United Nations programme to demine areas near Kassala (and elsewhere in Sudan) are threatened because $12 million is needed for funding.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201005110811.html
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http://allafrica.com/stories/201005110811.html
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May 11, 2010
Musa Ahmed on ESPA
Home News: Presidential Advisor Briefs Eritrean Delegation on East Sudan Peace
Posted on Tuesday, May 11 @ 10:13:58 BST by admin
SUNA
The Assistant of the President of the Republic, Musa Mohammed Ahmed, Sunday briefed the visiting Eritrean delegation, headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Osman Salih, on the latest developments in Sudan and the implementation of East Sudan Peace Agreement.
Musa affirmed in a statement to SUNA after the meeting the important role being played by Eritrea as a mediator of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement. Ahmed said that the meeting reviewed outcome of the elections in Sudan as well as Eritrea's contribution to the unity of Sudan and the plans for the coming period. He said that the meeting touched on the progress of the relations between Sudan and Eritrea and means of consolidating them further.
http://www.sudanvisiondaily.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=56737
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The Assistant of the President of the Republic, Musa Mohammed Ahmed, Sunday briefed the visiting Eritrean delegation, headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Osman Salih, on the latest developments in Sudan and the implementation of East Sudan Peace Agreement.
Musa affirmed in a statement to SUNA after the meeting the important role being played by Eritrea as a mediator of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement. Ahmed said that the meeting reviewed outcome of the elections in Sudan as well as Eritrea's contribution to the unity of Sudan and the plans for the coming period. He said that the meeting touched on the progress of the relations between Sudan and Eritrea and means of consolidating them further.
http://www.sudanvisiondaily.com//modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=56737
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May 8, 2010
Beja Congress accepts election results
Khartoum, May. 4 (SUNA) - The Beja Congress has expressed its full support to the elected President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, In a statement it issued Tuesday in Haya town, the Red Sea State, the Beja Congress congratulated the President of the Republic and the President of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS), Salva Kiir Mayardit, as well as the members of the Legislative Authority on their election.
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