Minister of Industry, Engineer Abdul Wahab Osman emphasized Wednesday the importance of self-sufficiency from the basic commodities such as sugar, cooking-oil, wheat and medicine.

This came during his meeting with the Export Upgrading Committee which was formed to achieve the self-sufficiency.

Osman called on the private sector to invest in such sectors, especially the vegetable oil which production amounted to about 2 million tons annually.

He affirmed that inserting the modern technology will increase the economical profitability in oil industry sector besides achieving the...

The Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Awad Ahmed Al-Jaz, has welcomed Croatia's desire to invest in petroleum industry in Sudan.

The minister was speaking to the visiting Croatian chamber of commerce delegation at his office Tuesday.

The delegation is headed by the Vice President of the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Vesna Trnokop Tanta.

The minister gave the delegation a detailed account of petroleum concession blocks map and the opportunities of investments the ministry will announce in the middle of this month.

He called on Croatian companies and businessmen to benefit...

The Minister for International Cooperation, Ishraqa Al Sayed, has said corporate reform and sustainability of projects financed through external aid are one of the biggest challenges that face the country.

The minister made the statement in her address Wednesday to the opening session of the workshop held at Al Salam Rotana Hotel entitled:" Corporate Reform and Future Vision for Toker Delta Agricultural Project".

The workshop was organized by the ministry in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and Building and Rehabilitating of Productive Capabilities at Model...

The Minister of Finance and Chairman of the National Fund for Housing and Reconstruction (NFHR), Ali Mahmoud Hassanein, has announced that NFHR will receive SDG 472 million in budget.

He said SDG 50 million will go to the expansion of NFHR's housing projects at the various states of Sudan to be financed from a Chinese loan in addition to the allocation of funds from the loan for Blue Nile Sugar Project and Bara-Omdurman Road.
On the other hand, the minister said Real Estate Bank's capital will be increased by SDG 20 million with such to be shared equally by the ministry and Central Bank...

The South Kordofan State's Ministry of Finance has discussed the state's SDG 719 million budget with the legislative assembly.

According to the minister of finance at South Kordofan state, SDG 350 million will go to development and services, at 49 percent, 33 percent for jobs and addressing graduates' issues and 14 percent only for government administration.

For his part, South Kordofan's legislative assembly speaker, Ibrahim Mohamed Belendia has said the 2012 budget meets the ambitions and aspirations of the states citizens.

He added, the budget comes in line with government's...

Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Hassan, the Executive Manager of Operations, expressed his acknowledgements to the pioneer institution, delegate member Pilot Lieutenant General Al-Fateh Urwa, subscribers, partners, and the national regulator (National Telecommunication Board), the entire Sudanese community, who represented parts of success and progress and contributed to the course of this “blessed journey, according to him.

Al-Hassan added that Zain relies – since the launching of its services in Sudan in 1997 – on promoting the strategy of “Wonderful World” through what...

There are indicators that the crisis between Sudan and South Sudan over oil is defusing, informed sources in Addis Ababa have confirmed.

The sources told Sudan Vision that the mediation is very optimistic that an agreement will be signed by Saturday based on the proposal submitted by the mediation on interim arrangements between the two sides to continue for thirty days.

The proposal is intended to resolve the current crisis that has snowballed after the South began halting pumping of oil through a pipeline running across North territory, until a final agreement is reached.

According...