Minister of petroleum stressed Tuesday on the importance of relations between Sudan and the Republic of Romania so as to renew and develop economic relations between the two countries that witnessed historical relations since years ago.

Speaking at the first Sudanese Romanian economic forum in Khartoum Dr. Awad Al Jaz said Sudan is open for investment and the Sudanese people and Romanian can benefit from these relations: "You have come at the right time and the right place."
Minister of Petroleum said if Romania began its oil industry before 150 years, Sudan has begun it with different...

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...

First Vice President, Ali Osman Mohammed Taha reiterated the government commitment to enforce President's decisions regarding improving the teachers' conditions to enable them conduct their role in professional manner.

While addressing the Education Conference concluding session, Taha announced the formation of a mechanism to study the recommendations of the conference prior its implementation according to priorities agreed upon.

He affirmed the acceptance of adding an additional school year in the education ladder pending reviewing the proposals forwarded in this regard.

Taha...

Ministry of Industry and Commerce encourages merchants, businesspeople and investors to invest in the agrarian sector specifically in palm dates' production and packaging in recognition of this ancient, traditional activity in order to meet the demand coming from a large number of consumers.

The Ministry, in compliance with the Kingdom of Bahrain’s government policy, supports the production of palm dates which is a basic agrarian activity in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in addition to benefiting from the Kingdom’s location as a port of goods transit to the United States of America...

The Minister of Minerals, Kamal Abdul-Latif, has announced that his ministry's vision on the traditional mining is to support and encourage it and to provide the related services such as security and safety.

He affirmed the adherence of the Ministry of Minerals to the required standard, the conservation of favourable environment for increasing the national income.
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HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani opened this evening the Ninth Doha jewelry and watches exhibition at the Doha Exhibition Centre.

The opening session was attended by a number of Their Excellencies sheikhs, a number of heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Qatar and a number of businessmen.
The HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister toured the various pavilions , where he was briefed by the exhibitors about top brands and trademarks showcased by the participating companies.

Around 400 exhibitors are showcasing the...

The health ministry on Friday declared South Sudan meningitis free and denied media reports that an outbreak of the disease had occurred in parts of the country, which reportedly lies in the “meningitis belt.”

Lul Riek, the ministry’s director general for community and public health said in the last six weeks, only 24 suspected cases were reported in the country, through its surveillance reports conducted weekly.

Of the 24 cases, 20 were reported in Central Equatoria state, while the other four were from other unspecified states.

“[Out] of the reported...

Sudan has secured a five-year delay on its debts to China, the finance minister said on Saturday, part of efforts to make up for the loss of revenues from the oil-producing south.

Ali Mahmoud also told reporters the United States had offered Sudan more debt forgiveness if it meets conditions including bringing peace to its southern border regions.
Sudan had also exported some $400 million worth of gold so far this year, he said.

The loss of southern oil fields hit foreign currency inflows, fuelling inflation. Officials have said the country can make up for the loss of crude by...

Prince Saud Bin Abdullah Bin Thunayan Al-Saud, chief of the Royal Commission for Jubail, in his office in Riyadh signed three contracts worth SR155 million to set up new subways and two schools for girls in Yanbu.

The industrial cities that belong to the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu have been witnessing an increasing growth of population and industrial movements, which have forced the authority to find more facilities and services to fit with this expansion, that will help the settlers of the two industrial cities.

The Royal Commission provides regular maintenance to the...

Nobody in Kuwait can dispute this clear fact that the newly appointed oil minister is the best qualified to run our oil industry. For the first time in Kuwait's history a fully qualified person has been appointed to fill the right post, meeting total requirements of the job. The new oil minister started his career in oil, gas and energy and will end it in the same field. He has gone through every sector in the oil industry and even went beyond it to petrochemical and other energy-related businesses. He retired from Kuwait's oil business for about"...