Notwithstanding slower global growth and lingering impacts of recent catastrophic floods, private sector activity, outside the oil sector, has been supported by a relative return to peace, and higher government spending. Nevertheless, the economy is estimated to have contracted by 0.4 percent in FY23/24, reflecting drags from oil production. Supported …
Khartoum — After three days of hard closed-door talks, Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia on Friday reached an agreement in principles on sharing the Nile water and the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The foreign ministers of the three countries, who had been gathering here since Wednesday along with the ministers …
United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) said South Sudan has reduced cases of Guinea Worm by 99% since 2005, meaning the country which still leads in cases of Guinea worm was now close to eradicating the deadly disease. Currently, officials say the disease is now confined to Kapeota county in South …
River Nile — Hundreds of people took to the streets in El Bowga, River Nile state, on Tuesday, in protest against the use of toxic substances by gold mining companies in the area. Speaking to Dabanga, an angry resident of El Bowga reported that people from the various town districts …
Nairobi – Sudan, represented by national expert, Dr. Ismail Abdul-Rahim Al-Gizouli, has been elected chair of the executive council of the international forum for climate change, during the forum's conference held at the UN office in Nairobi. Al-Gizouli, who won the international post, was the deputy chairman of the international …
KENYA is ranked third least attractive country in the world and worst in Africa for mineral investments, trailing Zimbabwe and Zambia which recently locked horns with multinational mining firms over higher rates. This is according to a report released last week by Fraser Institute of Canada, that examined a country's …
Otash Camp — Measles is spreading fast in the Otash camp for the displaced in Nyala locality, South Darfur. "The three health centres at the camp daily are currently receiving more than 100 children under the age of 10," a sheikh told Dabanga from Otash camp, "while the centres are …
Bank of Khartoum (BoK) has participated in launching the project of “Housing is wearing a green suit”, in Public Housing – District No 75- Althawra in Omdurman. The move comes within the context of Corporate Social Responsibility and in partnership with Sudanese Consumers Protection Society, Council of Environmental Affairs, Governmental …
Malian communities are now adopting a new home construction system that is environment-friendly and cost-efficient. Building houses out of mud-bricks would conserve the remaining forest cover and resolve financial worries on saving up for iron roofing materials. Nubian-styled domed houses that originated from northern Sudan and are now being promoted …
This work aimed to review the aspect of desertification, its concept, causes and its control with special reference to Sudan. It appeared that there was a wide controversy among scientists on the concept of desertification and its causes. Original Source
Conservationists and scientists have held talks in Kenya this week to come up with a last ditch plan to save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction. There are only five northern whites left on the planet: three live in a 700-acre enclosure on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in central Kenya, …
South Darfur - South Darfur State has successfully reduced cases of Malaria infection to 4 percent in 2014, down from 45 percent in 2004. In a similar context, Dr. Fahad Awad Ali, the national coordinator for combating Malaria said efforts to curb cases still face some challenges, particularly its dependence …
South Sudan’s wildlife faces a critical few months as drier weather raises the risk of poaching of elephants and other species already threatened by almost a year of civil war, conservationists said. The country’s December to March dry season is one of the riskiest times for animals such as elephants, …
The Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation assigned on Sunday 23/11/2014 the Nile Water Sector with the Ministry to establish a new authority for managing water resources between Egypt and South Sudan. This authority would be set up in coordination with South Sudan's officials. In press statements, Irrigation Minister Hossam …
Kampala — Heavy flooding in South Sudan's Unity state has displaced some 53,945 people in Payinjiar county, according to officials. Michael Lot Gatluok, a secretary for the South Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (SSRRC), told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday that rising floodwaters has sparked widespread panic among residents. "First and …
Medical sources at Wad Madani City hospital in El Gezira state, have reported 19 deaths due to haemorrhagic fever over the past two weeks. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, the source said that about 11 infected people have been quarantined in the hospital. The health authorities have been keeping a tight …
The El Gezira and El Managil Farmers' Association announced on Monday that close to 93,000 people in the area have fallen ill with kidney problems and cancer, owing to the use of corrupt pesticides. In the period between 2008 and 2010, 92,955 people developed allergies, kidney diseases and failure, as …
Nestlé announced that Honey Care Africa, an East African fair trade honey company in South Sudan, was the winner of its overall Creating Shared Value (CSV) prize. Honey Care won an investment of CHF 200,000 ($210,000), as recognition for its project dubbed, ‘a sweeter South Sudan,’ where it is helping …
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday welcomed a contribution of US$300,000 from the Government of the Republic of Korea to assist WFP’s nutrition programme in Sudan. WFP will use part of the funds to purchase Plumpy Sup, a specialized nutritional product for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition. …
World food prices have hit a four-year low, a UN agency reported on Thursday, with record harvests breathing new hope into the fight against hunger, though some "hunger hotspots" remain. Global wheat production is forecast to reach a record high in 2014, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in …
