The First Vice President of the Republic and the President of the Government of South Sudan has urged all the political forces in southern Sudan to work together in order to face challenges lying ahead.
Delivering a key note address during the opening of the 2008 second session of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, President Salva Kiir said all political parties need to come up with a political understanding. He said with the purpose of unity, divisions along the party lines will come to and end, and the overall interest of people of southern Sudan will prevail. President Kiir noted that the forthcoming general elections will require political will and determination, thus the need to work harder and ensure that elections produce acceptable and credible results. The Speaker of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assemble has said the Assembly is determined to combat corruption. Speaking during the opening, of the 2008 second parliamentary session, the speaker James Wani Igga said there should be no excuse on corruption with the presence of the anti-corruption Commission. Mr. Igga asked members to look into the where about of revenues from tax collections. The Egyptian government has agreed to host the South Sudan satellite channel on the Egyptian satellite Nilesat, in addition to support and train cadres in the field of media in southern Sudan. This came during talks held by the Minister of Information in the Government of South Sudan, Gabriel Changson Chang, with his Egyptian counterpart Anas Al-Faqih, during his visit to Egypt, which started last Wednesday. The US envoy to Sudan Richard Williamson affirmed that there is a marked improvement concerning the situation in Darfur… Mr. Williamson appreciated the cooperation of the Sudanese Government in the Peacekeeping process in the region. After extensive talks in Khartoum, Mr. Williamson expressed concerns over the event which took place in Kalma Internally Displaced Person’s Camp in Southern Darfur that claimed the lives of dozens of people. Both the Sudanese and the American sides considered yesterday’s discussions as resumption of talks between Khartoum and Washington which stopped since the eruption of violence in Abyei last may. The committee for the Qatari initiative which is sponsored by the Arab league will start its works today in Khartoum. In a joint statement after arrival in Khartoum yesterday, the Qatari State Minister for Foreign Affaires, Ahmed Bin Abdulla, and the Special envoy of the Arab league in Sudan said that the meetings will discuss preparations for the upcoming peace talks in Qatar between the Sudanese Government and the Armed Darfur Movements. The Spokesperson of the Arab League Abdul Al-Aleem Al-Abiad affirmed the league is only communicating with the Government so far. Darfur General Union in the UK and Ireland handed a memorandum to the General Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo. The Memo demands prosecuting whom it has described as violators of Human Rights in Darfur including President Al-Bashir. The ICC prosecutor was in London to participate in a seminar organized by the Darfur Union which was attended by a number of Darfurian Movements. Speaking to Miraya FM the Chairman of the Union Anwar Abdul Rahman said that the Union has introduced a number of eyewitnesses to the Prosecutor of the ICC. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said military ammunition on the hijacked Ukrainian ship was on the way to Kenya and not Southern Sudan. He added that Ukraine has a certificate saying Kenya is the end customer. On the other hand, the Head of the Ukrainian weapons export company told the Ukrainian U.T One TV channel that initials on the ammunition shown by the BBC do not relate to Southern Sudan, but rather indicate the Supply department in the Kenyan Ministry of Defense. Crude oil prices continued to fall today as a result of fears of the impact of the global financial crisis on demand and increase in the U.S. energy stockpiles. The banks failed in their move to reduce the interest rates as a step to improve oil prices. Meanwhile, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated in a report that the United States’ move towards recession could expose it to pressure by the year 2009. The Russian President Dimitry Medvedev criticized what he called "the American desire for domination" and said it would undermine Global security. Miraya FM, asked the economy analyst, Muhammad el-Jack, on the impact of the crisis on the oil and investment sectors in Sudan. The High Commission for Refugees declared the arrival of more than five hundred thousand people from the Democratic Republic of Congo to southern Sudan, during the past two weeks. This was because they were attacked by the Ugandan LRA rebels. UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond, in Press Releases, spoke about the Annual Conference of the office of High Commission for refugees in Geneva. He said that the estimated number of Congolese refugees that cross to yambio, southern Sudan daily, amounts to one hundred and fifty. He explained that UNHCR has sent a team to the area yambio southern Sudan, to assess the needs of new arrivals, processing them with assistance. _______________________________________________ Newsl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mirayafm.org/mailman/listinfo/newsl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
