February 22, 2012
The Agricultural Bank announced Tuesday its readiness to provide necessary funding for agricultural schemes once various mechanisms for irrigated schemes are completed in Al-Rahad, Al-Suki, Sinnar and Gezira.
The meeting held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation affirmed the importance of micro-finance on time for cultivation in these schemes.
Representatives of the irrigated schemes and the two States submitted their plans for funding.
The meeting stressed the need to complete structures in some schemes and to speed up formation of managements and boards of directors...
February 22, 2012
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it has allocated €500,000 to GOAL to help them respond to the urgent needs of tens of thousands of refugees in the Maban region of South Sudan.
This funding is in addition to an initial €200,000 provided to GOAL by Irish Aid for the same crisis in December, the DFA said.
GOAL is currently implementing an emergency programme to support a growing displaced population in Maban County in Upper Nile State, where refugee numbers are expected to reach 75,000 over the coming weeks.
Recent conflict in the nearby Blue Nile State, which...
February 22, 2012
The Sennar State’s locality of Senja held yesterday a conference on the development of Dindir National Park under the auspices of First Vice-President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, and the supervision of the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, in collaboration with Sennar, Blue Nile and Gedarif states, under the theme 'Protection, Development and Promotion.'
The conference debated work papers prepared by federal and states’ ministries on good polices on the management of Dindir Reserve, director general of tourism in Sennar State, Mohamed Abdallah said. A number of experts and specialists...