15 people killed/injured in western Darfur Over fifteen People killed and injured following an attack in Helilat area western Darfur State.
The Sudan armed forces (SAF) accused the Justice and Equality Movement JEM of being behind the attack. Speaking to Miraya FM the (SAF) Spokesperson Brigadier Muhammad Osman Al-Aghbash accused JEM members of war crimes, terrorizing civilians and looting their properties. Brigadier Al-Aghbash added that the number of the victims is still being counted. For its part, the Justice and Equality Movement admitted carrying out the attacks saying that it was in self defense. Speaking to Miraya FM the Movement’s Spokesperson Ahmad Hussein said that the army attacked Al-Helilat area which is under the Movement's authority. Minawi meets the UN Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping The Senior Assistant to the president and chairman of Darfur Interim Authority, Mini Arko Minawi, met yesterday with UN Undersecretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Alan Le Roy. Minawi told Miraya FM that the meeting dealt with the implementation of the Abuja agreement and the initiatives aiming at resolving the Darfur crisis among other issues. Minawi also expressed willingness to return to Khartoum in the coming days. He said that his return comes after what he called the positive steps in the implementation of the Abuja Agreement. The United Nations Undersecretary General for Peace Operations, Alan Le Roy, said the body will exert all efforts to complete the deployment of a fully equipped hybrid force in Darfur. Roy urged commanders and soldiers in Zamzam Sector in Northern Darfur to work for the protection of civilians in the region. A meeting starts in Khartoum yesterday to met with the government official and discuss the preparation for the Qatrais initiative under the supervision of the Arab League. The presidential advisor Nafie Ali Nafi said that the movement is positive over this initiative. Itto condemns arresting people for dressing style The Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement deputy Secretary General for the Southern Sector has condemned the arrest of young people over dressing style by Central Equatoria State authorities. Addressing a press conference in Juba, the SPLM official, Dr Anne Itto said that the people should not think that it is the SPLM or the government of south Sudan, which caused the arrests. Presidential decree to form Unity Committee The president of the republic Omer Al Bashir issued a presidential decree yesterday to form the unity fund. The committee is chaired by Slava Kiir FVP and Ali Osman Taha VP deputy chairperson, and the membership of Awad Aljazz Minister of finance and national economic ALZubeier Ahmed Hassan minister of mining and energy, Lual Denng Acuil satae minster in the minster of finance, John luk yok minster of power and mining in Goss and Kual Atihagn minster of finance in GoSS and al Derderi Mohammed Ahmed. Egypt hosts S. Sudan TV channel on Nilesat Minister of Information and Broadcasting and in the Government of southern Sudan, Gabriel changsok, announced that the Egyptian government agreed to host South Sudan TV channel on the Egyptian satellite Nilesat, in addition to training a number of media personnel from southern Sudan. Minister Changsok, who is visiting Cairo since Wednesday, told Miraya FM that the southern government constructs the basic infrastructure for the project. He further noted that training courses for southern media staff will start mid-November. Lack of health care, Tabitha says Federal Health Minister, Dr. Tabitha Butrus cited lack of adequate primary health care as the cause of the infection of about forty-thousand children with blindness in Sudan as well as scarcity of treatment centers. Tabitha told Miraya FM that most of the infections are in southern states, especially Bahr el Ghazal. The minister revealed a plan to fight the disease through construction of hospitals and clinics in the states along with health Education campaigns. Stock markets stagger in Europe and Asia Stock markets across Europe have fallen steeply after dramatic share price falls in Asia. There were similar falls across Europe - Paris was down 8.4% while Germany was down 9.1%. Investors fear a global slowdown, despite interest rate cuts and huge cash injections by central banks. Heavy falls were seen across Asia's markets as a climate of fear took hold on Friday. In Japan, the Nikkei index slumped in its biggest one-day fall since the 1987 stock market crash. The crisis also claimed its first Japanese financial institution, with the insurance company Yamato Life going bankrupt. The Dow Jones - the US benchmark index - ended down 7.3% on Thursday - tumbling below 9,000 points for the first time since August 2003. Finance ministers from the G7 leading industrial countries are set to meet in Washington to discuss the crisis. US President George W Bush is due to make an address to the American people later in the day; as well as the G7 meeting, talks will be held at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington. _______________________________________________ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
