Reports
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Sudan affirms keenness on success of IGAD plans and programs
Khartoum – The Chairman of the Technical Committee of the The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, Chairman of the opening session, Ambassador Hassan Abdul Salam, emphasized the Sudan’s keenness and concern on the success of the IGAD programs and plans, welcoming during his address today on the occasion of the start of the ministerial meetings with the participants, wishing them a good stay in Sudan. Ambassador Hassan Abdul Salam reiterated that Sudan…
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White Nile State celebrates the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
Khartoum :Haffiya Elyas Plan International Sudan – White Nile program Area in collaboration withUNHCR, CVAW and COR launched the #16DaysofActivism Campaign this year under thetheme “UNITE Activism to End Violence Against Women and Girls”. The opening dayevent took place at Umsangur South Sudanese Refugees camp at Alsalam localitywith high participation of Government, NGOs, and other stakeholders.The eventcontains various activities, which started with opening speech presented byWomen Committee Chairperson, UNHCR, COR, and Plan International representative.Drama about…
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Food Security .. Challenges and Solutions
Introduction:In the wake of the global food crisis, the whole world is giving more attention to Sudan to provide the innovative solutions to meet the local and international demand for foodNo doubt the global food crisis is severe and is affecting poorer countries a matter that requires taking urgent action to solve the food security challenges caused by geopolitical conflict.Accordingly, there should be policies to boost investment and countries should put in place strong policies…
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Al-Mirghani’s Return to Khartoum .. The Significance of Timing
Mowad Mustafa Rashid Surprisingly, the Khatmiya Sect announced that Mawlana Mohamed Othman Al-Mirghani, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the historical patron of the Sect. will return to Khartoum after almost one decade from voluntary Diaspora in Cairo.The return of Al-Mirghani raises several questions about the significance of the timing.Al-Mirghani left Sudan in 2013 and stayed since then in Cairo, while intermittent news leaked about the deterioration of his health, but meetings…
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The Sudan Agricultural Technical Exhibition Concludes
Report by:Haffiya Elyas The capital, Khartoum, hosted the third edition of the Sudan Agricultural Technical Exhibition – the third session, from 14-17 November 2022, which was organized by the Sudanese Company for Free Zones and Duty Free Markets under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests. Hassan Abbas, Director of Marketing at the Exhibitions Department, said in a press statement that the agricultural exhibition aims to display the latest technological developments, products, machines…
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The Resilience Building Project inaugurates the corn crop in Kassala State
The overall goal of the project is to promote a paradigm shift in dryland pastoral by increasing resilience of food production systems Report by:Haffiy Elyas The “Building resilience in the face of climate change within traditional rain fed agricultural and pastoral systems in Sudan” project supports climate change adaptation efforts among subsistence agro-pastoralist and nomadic pastoralist communities in dryland zones across nine states (West Darfur, Central Darfur, East Darfur, Western Kordofan, South Kordofan, Kassala, Red…
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(AcoGaps) participates in the Regional workshop on IGAD’s Early Warning and Early Response Strategy in Ethiopia
Khartoum: Haffiya Elyas The African Center for Governance,Peace and Transition Studies (AcoGaps) participated in the Regional validation workshop on IGAD’s Early Warning and Early Response Strategy 2021-2025 in Adama Town- Ethiopia , from 2_4 November 2022 . AcoGaps is a leading regional organization in the early warning and conflict prevention &Resolution in IGad & Horn of Africa Region It is worth noting that The Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (CEWARN) is a bold initiative…
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October 11, International Day of the Girl
“Out Time is Now , Our Right , Our Future” “Girls Participating in Decision Making and politics ‘ Report by:Haffiya Elyas This IDG2022, girls are changing the face of politics. They want to be recognized and valued as drivers of lasting political change. The National Council of Child Welfare and Combating Violence Against Women, we conducted the Decision and Policy Makers Dialogue Forum with participation of more than 100 persons from (decision and policy makers,…
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Regional Workshop on Women Participation in Green Economy within Climate change
Report by:Haffiya Abdalla Green economyAt the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20), Green Economy -in the context of sustainable development and eradication of poverty- was recognized as a tool to achieve sustainable social, economic and environmental development. The UN Environment Programme has defined Green Economy as “one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities.” In its simplest expression, a Green Economy can…
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New School Year .. Challenges Ahead
Muawad Mustafa Rashid The school year (2022/2023) started last Sunday amid enormous challenges and obstacles facing the students and their families. The school year was assumed to start mid-September, 2022 but due to the floods that hit most part of the country it was postponed to give the chance for the schools’ administrations to rehabilitate the school that was damaged by the floods. Most of the parents complain form the high fees imposed by the…