People are oppresed.

Sudanese police disperse protests as more activists arrested

September 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese police dispersed Sunday protests in Khartoum and Port Sudan while the security service arrested a number of activists in different regions in a bid to quell protests that sparked across the country over subsidies cuts.

Activists told Sudan Tribune that National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) carried out a new wave of arrest since Sunday morning affecting activists in Wad Madani, Khartoum and Port Sudan.

They said seven were arrested in Al- Safia, Khartoum North and taken to unknown destination. According to the activists, Badreldin Abdel Bagui in Khartoum and Musab Kamal Abdellah in Port Sudan were arrested from their homes.

However protests were organised in the Red See capital where hundreds of people took to the street shouting anti-government slogans like the people want "the fall of the regime", "Freedom Freedom".

The protesters marched in the main streets of Port Sudan before to be dispersed by the anti-riot policemen who fired tear gas and rubber bullets.

Also in Khartoum the police used tear gas to disperse a protest organised by students of Sudan University near the Popular Market (Al-Souq Al-Shabbi). While thousands demonstrated in Khartoum Suburb of Burri following the end of a memorial ceremony for Salah Sanhoori, a pharmacist two days ago by the security agents.

In Omdurman, small protests were also organised in the evening in Al-Mouradai and Banat areas.

But the interior ministry said the situation was calm and announced that minister Ibrahim Mahmoud and Khartoum governor Abdel Rahman Al-Khidir would hold a press conference on Monday afternoon.

Opposition leaders remain silent as their houses are under surveillance by the security service. Also journalists prevented from reaching them.

Khartoum transportation company announced the resumption of its activities in the capital since Sunday, indicating that 11 buses were burnt and 118 others were damaged during the anti-austerity protests.

The director of the company Osman El-Hassan stated that the price of transportation tickets will remain the same unaffected by the rise of fuel prices.

(ST)

War for gold and marbel..white marbel.

Food aid reaches Sudan’s Blue Nile state for first time in over a year, UN agency reports

4 April 2013 – In what the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is calling a “major breakthrough,” the first UN food rations have reached conflict-affected people in Sudan’s Blue Nile state since 2011, when the isolated rural area near the South Sudan border was cut off by insecurity and movement restrictions imposed by the Government.

“While we continue to strive for access to all areas, this is still a major breakthrough which will enable us to assist those who continue to be displaced by the conflict or those who have decided to return to their homes and are in dire need of food assistance,” said WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, Adnan Khan.

Fighting between the Sudanese armed forces and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) broke out in Blue Nile state in September 2011, after neighbouring South Sudan seceded under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended a decades-long civil war. The fighting in Blue Nile displaced and then isolated tens of thousands of people.

“We are giving a two-month ration for this first round of distribution, following an assessment which we carried out early last month in two of the areas most severely affected by the conflict, Geissan and Kurmuk,” said WFP Programme Officer Arduino Mangoni. He is in Geissan leading a team that monitors the distribution of food to 12,000 people. WFP plans to reach an additional 39,000 people in Kurmuk.

Additional WFP staff are in four other localities in Blue Nile state to determine how people are coping with their food needs, what food is available in the market and at what price.

“The overall plan is to assist all those we can reach in the six localities before the onset of the rainy season in May,” Mr. Khan said.

WFP has said it will need an additional $20.5 million to buy 17,000 metric tons of food it estimates will be needed.

Est del Sudan e la cultura della SPADA.

Rapporti Culturali da East Sudan sulla Sword & Sawakin:

La spada di East Sudan-Modifica da armi storiche a Mana € ™ s Finery
Port Sudan, Sudan orientale - Sedendosi su un piccolo sgabello di legno in Deim mercato arabo a Port Sudan, nel Sudan orientale, Tahir O'Nor sembra profondamente preoccupato nel mettere insieme le parti di una nuova spada e l'aggiunta di un tocco artistico alla sua lama affilata.
Egli appare distratto, tornando nella sua memoria al passato, quando la spada era l'arma principale per la gente del Sud Sudan, chiedendosi come ora si è trasformato in una pura decorazione per gli uomini e uno strumento per ballare con.
"In passato, la spada era l'arma principale per la maggior parte delle tribù in Oriente, in particolare le tribù Beja. E 'usato per occupare un importante status sociale, ma ha ormai diminuita ", ha detto O'Nor.
 "E 'stato in uso in Oriente Sudan migliaia di anni fa, con le tribù in lotta con essa in battaglie e incursioni e fu al tempo stesso una decorazione e un simbolo di virilità e di status sociale", ha aggiunto.

"Ma ora l'interesse per la spada è notevolmente diminuita a causa dello sviluppo e della diffusione delle armi da fuoco. Eppure, la spada ha mantenuto la sua posizione sociale e 'ancora portato dal Beja tribù dove-mai va ", ha detto O'Nor.

Storicamente, la spada in Oriente Sudan è stato un tema centrale di interesse per la sua forma, lama, elsa e fodero decorato. E 'stato dato molti nomi, ma il più famoso è "il Sammany", che prende il nome dal suo creatore.
O'Nor lucida spade e disegna e incide forme artistiche e ornamenti sulla guaina.

La lama è affilata con un file in un processo tecnico complesso in cui O'Nor pone la lama in un pezzo speciale di legno che tiene tra le sue gambe e abilmente conduce l'operazione di affilatura.

La spada che è fatto in Sudan orientale è famosa per i disegni geometrici e forme che sono incise sulla lama e che sono ispirati dalla cultura Beja. Svolge anche iscrizioni che possono essere versetti del Santo Corano, proverbi o linee di poesia.
 "La spada in Oriente è stato ed è ancora una caratteristica importante del popolo in quella parte del Sudan, è un simbolo di prestigio e di orgoglio ed è stato collegato con le loro vittorie e le battaglie storiche, in particolare contro la colonizzazione britannica", ha detto Mohamed Al-Hassan Al-Saigh, un ricercatore nel patrimonio Beja.

Ha aggiunto che la spada è stata ed è una parte importante di attrezzi di un uomo, sia a casa o in viaggio, e un uomo è sottovalutato e disprezzato se non sta portando una spada.
Rendere la spada completa di tutte e quattro le parti - la lama, elsa, guaina e supporto-è un processo tecnico integrale in cui i produttori fanno a gara per dimostrare le proprie capacità e di soddisfare il gusto dei clienti, Saigh aggiunto.
In Deim mercato arabo in Port Sudan che è frequentato dalle tribù Beja, difficilmente si può vedere un uomo senza una spada.

"Dovunque andiamo la spada ci accompagna ... è parte della nostra cultura e del patrimonio ... è il simbolo della tribù Beja ... la portiamo fino ad ora di difenderci, se necessario, e, inoltre, è un segno sociale" ha detto O'shaik, un venditore di scarpe nel mercato della città.

La spada è utilizzato anche nella danza e la spada-dance è praticato in funzioni sociali, in particolare le cerimonie di nozze e la circoncisione. Una tribù Beja normalmente è elegante e slanciata e quando ballano, si abbina la spada flessibile con i movimenti del suo corpo.

Da Mohammed Osman â € "Sudanow.info, 27/04/2013

Oh we are together .... come together wa...

Bashir & Kiir to witness first shipment of oil from Port Sudan: official.

May 1, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The chairman of Sudan’s parliamentary subcommittee on Foreign Affairs, Defense, and National Security Mohammed Al-Hassan al-Amin, announced that that presidents Omer Hassan al-Bashir and Salva Kiir will witness launching the export of South Sudan’s first oil shipment through Port Sudan within the coming few days.

Sudan’s President Omer Hassan al-Bashir (C) meets his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir (L) upon his arrival at the Juba Airport in South Sudan April 12, 2013. (REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu)

In September of last year, both Sudan and South Sudan signed a series of cooperation agreements which covered oil, citizenship rights, security issues, banking, border trade among others.

Last March, the two countries signed an implementation matrix for these cooperation agreements.

The most notable provision in the agreement is related to resumption of oil exports by landlocked South Sudan which were suspended more than a year ago because of a dispute over transit fees.

The oil flow is expected to breathe life into the beleaguered economies of the two countries which were heavily dependent on oil remittances to pay for imports of basic commodities.

Al-Amin, who spoke at a press conference upon his return from Juba yesterday, said that the visit revealed a significant change in South Sudan’s stances towards Sudan,

He explained that senior officials in Juba have condemned the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) recent attack on Um Rawaba and called for a peaceful solution to all conflicts while distancing themselves from SRF and considering the problem an “Internal Sudanese issue”.

The Sudanese official went on to say that their meeting with Kiir was “a good omen”, saying that they stressed Sudan’s keenness to maintain good relations with South Sudan.

According to Al-Amin, Kiir has welcomed the visit and described it as “historic”, promising to visit Sudan in the near future.

Al-Amin pointed out that the meeting underscored the need to ease media campaigns between the two countries and to seek a joint solution to Sudan’s debts.

Last month president Bashir paid a historic first visit to South Sudan, fueling hopes of peace and cooperation between the two countries, after a tense year that has brought them to the brink of war over oil rights and territorial claims.

During the one-day visit, Bashir held talks with Kiir that focused on the implementation of agreements the two countries signed last year.

(ST)

News of Sudan.

Western calls to end the emergency and launch a comprehensive dialogue to address the problems of Sudan fully.

Western calls to end the emergency and launch a comprehensive dialogue to address the problems of Sudan fully.

They send a clear criticism of the Sudanese government
04-09-2013 03:40 AM
Doha (dpa) - The number of the advanced industrial countries, including Canada, Germany and the European Union a clear criticism of the Sudanese government with respect to its role in the issue of peace and stability in Darfur. This came in a business second day of  international conferance  donors for reconstruction and development in Darfur, which began yesterday in the Qatari capital Doha.

And called for Canada, Germany and the European Union, Sweden, the Sudanese government to end the state of emergency in Darfur and to stop impeding the entry of various international organizations access to the Darfur region and providing humanitarian aid there. The Canadian delegate said, that the Sudanese government is obstructing the peace process by refusing to facilitate the task of donors and international and humanitarian organizations in particular, Canada has also demanded the need to make room for the entry donors to monitor the development projects being implemented there.

The representative of Canada, said that "the ongoing conflict now in South Kordofan and Blue Nile has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in Sudan," and "We call on all parties to the conflict to allow unconditional access to humanitarian aid," and to launch negotiations between the government and the political parties based on trust, calling on Khartoum to stop violence and the implementation of its commitments to the peace and development.

The representative of Sweden called on the Sudanese government to "end the tribal problems and security breaches that erupted in the last period in the Darfur region, which he said would increase the feelings of anxiety about the future of peace in Darfur and Sudan."

And called on the Sudanese government to launch a comprehensive dialogue brings together all the political forces and civil society forces to address Sudan's problems in a comprehensive manner, including Darfur, as proven the futility of partial solutions. For its part, the representative of the European Union, which announced to provide 27 million euro bloc to Sudan, said Khartoum should provide appropriate conditions for the application development strategy for the Darfur region.

Western calls to end the emergency and launch a comprehensive dialogue to address the problems of Sudan fully.

Western calls to end the emergency and launch a comprehensive dialogue to address the problems of Sudan fully.

They send a clear criticism of the Sudanese government
04-09-2013 03:40 AM
Doha (dpa) - The number of the advanced industrial countries, including Canada, Germany and the European Union a clear criticism of the Sudanese government with respect to its role in the issue of peace and stability in Darfur. This came in a business second day of  international conferance  donors for reconstruction and development in Darfur, which began yesterday in the Qatari capital Doha.

And called for Canada, Germany and the European Union, Sweden, the Sudanese government to end the state of emergency in Darfur and to stop impeding the entry of various international organizations access to the Darfur region and providing humanitarian aid there. The Canadian delegate said, that the Sudanese government is obstructing the peace process by refusing to facilitate the task of donors and international and humanitarian organizations in particular, Canada has also demanded the need to make room for the entry donors to monitor the development projects being implemented there.

The representative of Canada, said that "the ongoing conflict now in South Kordofan and Blue Nile has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in Sudan," and "We call on all parties to the conflict to allow unconditional access to humanitarian aid," and to launch negotiations between the government and the political parties based on trust, calling on Khartoum to stop violence and the implementation of its commitments to the peace and development.

The representative of Sweden called on the Sudanese government to "end the tribal problems and security breaches that erupted in the last period in the Darfur region, which he said would increase the feelings of anxiety about the future of peace in Darfur and Sudan."

And called on the Sudanese government to launch a comprehensive dialogue brings together all the political forces and civil society forces to address Sudan's problems in a comprehensive manner, including Darfur, as proven the futility of partial solutions. For its part, the representative of the European Union, which announced to provide 27 million euro bloc to Sudan, said Khartoum should provide appropriate conditions for the application development strategy for the Darfur region.

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