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WASHINGTON, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sudan condemns Congressman Wolf's illegal entry into the country which he admits to and says specifically that he went through the "SPLM-N controlled areas of Southern Kordofan." We have laws against such border crossings which deserve to be respected by foreigners just as the laws of the United States prohibiting illegal entries demand to be observed and require individuals to obtain proper visas. Also, those journalists who...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The humanitarian situation in South Kordofan that has garnered international concern, and which some have now exploited to push an agenda of intervention, prompted the formation of a joint assessment team composed of UN agencies (UNICEF, WFP, WHO FAO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and NGOs. Their report just concluded that the humanitarian situation in the region is at "Normal levels" and that food security is...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sudan categorically rejects the allegation in the statement issued by the White House and Susan Rice that a children's school was bombed by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF). The Sudan Air force has no activities in the alleged area. These are simply baseless accusations fabricated by American activist groups who do not have any presence in that area. They're only propagating the false claims of the rebels and other activists who also...
NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, and The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), the public affairs arm of the organized American Jewish community, have spearheaded an effort to organize faith-based leaders to warn of an impending humanitarian disaster in Sudan and urge the Obama administration to step up diplomacy aimed at convincing the Sudanese government to...
• Stephenson will discuss use of wireless and cloud-based technologies to speed health information and emergency response in South Sudan. • Conference workshops, organized by the International Finance Corporation, will advise ministers and directors of new South Sudan government. • Stephenson founded RISARC, whose cloud-based software applications and systems support some of the largest private and public health care providers in the United States. BURBANK, Ca (PRWEB) January 27,...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The humanitarian crisis in South Kordofan and Blue Nile is an expected, logical and inevitable consequence of the war waged by the rebels of the South Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and the non-signatory Darfuri rebel groups, against the Government. It must be stressed that there is no higher priority for Sudan than ensuring the security and wellbeing of its citizens and protecting them from repeated attacks...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan: On January 6, 2012 the Obama Administration announced a determination on the eligibility of South Sudan to receive what it has been called defense articles and defense services. Of course such action can stand only for the bias, unwillingness and even lack of seriousness of American Administration towards achieving peace and stability in Sudan. Although...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The government of Sudan has today filed a complaint to the Security Council and the African Union alerting them that a Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) military convoy carrying weaponry and rebel fighters entered the republic of South Sudan on Wednesday. Sudan calls on the international community to apply necessary pressure on the Republic of South Sudan so that the latter refrains from harboring and providing any form of...
OSLO, Norway, December 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has announced that his Government will implement the EITI (Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative), the global standard for transparency of natural resource revenues. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20111221/501307 ) "This commitment to implement the EITI [http://eiti.org ] is in furtherance of my statement on September 21st that my government is committed to...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A number of U.S. congressmen and women signed a letter addressed to President Obama in which concerns regarding Sudan were expressed. The preoccupying issues were the alleged "marginalization of the peripheries" and the security as well as the humanitarian condition in South Kordofan, Blue Nile, and Darfur. And not surprisingly, the blame and vitriol were, as usual directed towards the government of Sudan. Policy must be shaped by...
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The Nile lechwe (Kobus megaceros), a species of antelope, is also known as Mrs Gray's lechwe, the waterbuck, or the wasserbock. It can be found in Ethiopia and Sudan, where it prefers a habitat within grasslands, steppes, wetlands, coastal areas, or swamplands with water reaching a depth between 3.9 and 16 inches. Leopold Fitzinger first described this antelope in 1855. The Nile lechwe varies in size depending on sex, with males typically reaching a weight of up to 260 pounds and females...
Symbol: RASU8 Group: Monocot Family: Arecaceae Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons Subclass Arecidae Order Arecales Family Arecaceae – Palm family Genus Raphia P. Beauv. –...
Symbol: DAGE Group: Monocot Family: Poaceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Graminoid Native Status: L48 I Distribution: DactylocteniumgerminatumHack. distribution:USA(MD) Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons...
The Taita Fiscal (Lanius dorsalis) is a member of the shrike family. This is an African species. It is found from southeastern Sudan and southern Ethiopia to northeastern Tanzania. Its habitat is dry open thornbush and acacia and other dry open woodland. The Taita Fiscal is 8.25 inches in length and is fairly unique. It has white underparts and a black crown, hind neck and wings. The back is gray, the rump is white, and there is a characteristic white V-shape on the back. The tail is...
The Gray-backed Fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides) is a species of bird found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
