During his visit to London, Minister of Foreign Affairs Omar Gamareldin met with James Duddridge, the British Minister for African Affairs. Duddridge confirmed that the UK will honor its financial commitments made at the Berlin donor conference three months ago.

At this donor conference the international community pledged $1.8 billion to support economic reform in Sudan.

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Muscat: The Sultanate has sent a Royal Navy of Oman ship loaded with relief materials to Sudan. The Ministry of Defence said that in coordination with the Omani Charitable organisation, a ship of the Royal Navy of Oman, loaded with relief materials,

set sail from Said bin Sultan Naval Base to Sudan on Wednesday.

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(SUNA)-Sudan Railways Corporation SRC General Manager Eng. Walid Ahmed Mahmoud has discussed means of joint cooperation between the corporation and the American Administration.

This came when he received on Thursday the official of economic and trade department at American Embassy in Khartoum.

The meeting was attended by Azzam Hassan from the economic department in the"...

Save the Children, an international NGO that focuses on children’s welfare has applauded the government of South Sudan's decision to reopen schools but cautions much still needs to be done.

Last week, the government announced that all the higher institutions of learning and schools should be opened, after more than 6 months of closure owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Sudanese Minister of Education Mohamed El Amin El Tom announced yesterday that the opening of the new school year will be postponed until November 22, as the schools are “not ready yet”.

A lot of school buildings have been damaged by the heavy rainfall and floods this year, Education Minister Mohamed El Amin El Tom said at a press conference.

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Khartoum, Sep. 14- (SUNA) - The Sudanese delegation won the first place in the 6th edition of the Youth Voluntary Forum in Qatar, held online with the participation of 18 countries during 6 to 13 of current September. The Chairman of the Arab Union for Voluntary Work, Dr. Youssef Al-Kadhim, has announced that Eng. Mohamed Atta Fakhry from Sudan won the first place at the Arab level, on the (third batch) of the Initiative of Talents of Our Country for the Disadvantaged Children. The second place was won by Radwan Farsi from"...

Education officials in Aweil North County of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State have called for the immediate construction of four secondary schools to cater for the increasing number of students.

The county currently has five government and three private secondary schools, catering for over 1,700 secondary school students enrolled before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global award in sustainability, has announced the postponement of the 2021 Awards Ceremony, which was scheduled to take place in January, as part of the annual Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW). Entities that have submitted their applications this year will be automatically moved to the 2022 cycle.

The decision was made due to travel restrictions for different countries and to ensure international"...

ALGIERS – Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad modified the list of the provinces concerned by the partial lockdown measure, bringing it from 29 to 18 provinces, said Monday a communiqué from Prime Minister’s Office.

The modification comes “in application of the instructions of President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Supreme Chief of the Armed Forces, Minister of National Defence and following consultations with the Scientific"...

The Sudan government’s current economic programme threatens the future of democracy in the country, according to economist Sidgi Kaballo. He announced that Sudan will hold a National Economic Conference in late September.

Kaballo attributes the recent leap in forex rates on the parallel market in Khartoum to the government’s announcement of its intention to raise the official exchange rate. Last Thursday, the Sudanese Pound reached 170...