Sudan reiterates commitment to Doha peace process
(ST)
Sudan is committed to the Doha peace process in order to reach a negotiated solution with rebel groups to end the seven year conflict in Darfur region.
Ali Karti Sudan’s state minister for foreign affairs made these remarks in a meeting held on Tuesday with the visiting Japanese official Keitaro Sato, Ambassador in Charge of Peace Building and Refugee-Related Issues in Africa and Special Envoy for UN Reform.
Karti reaffirmed to the Japanese envoy government’s keenness to pursue the ongoing peace process in Doha with the rebel groups in Darfur to achieve peace and stability in the region.
Sudanese government announced last week the departure of its delegation to Doha, to resume peace negotiation with the rebel groups. As the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has suspended its participation the talks are expected to resume with the Liberation and Justice Movement led by El-Tijani El-Sissi.
Khartoum had said in the past that it would reconsider its participation in the Doha peace process if a peace deal is not concluded before the elections.
The meeting also discussed the after election stage in the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Sato expressed Japan’s willingness to support the organization of the referendum on self determination in southern Sudan and border demarcation.


Interior Minister Announces 30 Violations of Doha Agreement
(SV)
The Minister of Interior , Engineer Ibrahim Mahmood Hamid reaffirmed  that the recurrent violations of Doha  Framework Peace Accord prompted the government to request the Interpol to arrest and handover of Khalil Ibrahim to face the charges raised against him.
In a press conference, Hamid said Ibrahim is currently being locked up by the army at Moon Mount where he is misusing the money relating to the water Dawnki in north and south Darfur in addition to stealing fuel from the same area.  Hamid also said what Ibrahim is doing is pure terrorism pointing out that Ibrahim's militants avoid areas where the governments forces are stationed.


The Interior minister has also lauded the Police success in securing the electoral process pointing out the preparations to make a success of the electoral process started as far back as March, 2008. During the electoral process, crime rate reduced by 50 %, said the interior minister who further affirmed that 133,000 policemen successfully secured the elections, vote counting and pronouncement of the elections result. According to the minister, 24,000 policemen secured the elections making a special reference to Carter Center report that the Sudanese elections drew a high turnout, held in a secure atmosphere which constituted the most important standards that show whether the elections were a success or a failure. 
Hamid sees that the success of the problem- free elections will attract investors not forgetting to commence the vigilance of the Sudanese people who ignored the pre and post elections idle rumors.


Chad to Stage Cultural Caravan to Consolidate Peace with Sudan
(Xinhua)
A cultural caravan will be staged on May 20 in N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, and Abeche, the main town in the east of the African country, to reinforce the peace accord with Sudan, Chadian Minister of Communication Younous Keddalah has said.
"The normalization of relations between Chad and Sudan is a reality. There will be a cultural caravan to reinforce the relations on the ground. There will be concerts whose collections will be donated to orphanages," he told Xinhua on telephone from N'Djamena on Tuesday.
The minister said he will attend the concerts himself.
The two neighboring countries suffered tensions in the past five years amid an exchange of accusations of support for rebels in each other's territory. In mid-January, the two sides concluded a peace accord in the Chadian capital to normalize bilateral relations.
Among trust-building measures, both sides agreed to set up a 3000-strong joint force for border security as from Feb. 20. They have also put up observation posts at Abeche and El-Geneina in the Sudanese region of Darfur.
Three weeks later, during his first official visit to Sudan since July 2004, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno and his Sudanese counterpart Omer Al Bashir committed themselves to upholding the peace accord signed between their countries.
Deby, described the possibility of dismantling Sudan a major disaster that  would  help fragmenting  other African countries. "It will be the greatest disaster to inflict the African Continent,"   Deby said,  warning that "The fragmentation of Sudan will open the door for fragmentation of other African countries."
In an interview the French Magazine "Jeune Afrique" he cautioned against the secession of South Sudan. "The secession of southern Sudan from the motherland will make it difficult in the future to fight against any separatist movements in the African countries most of which suffer from religious,  tribal and ethnic differences, as well as wealth disparities between regions that belong to the same state."
The Chadian President stressed that he strongly opposed the referendum scheduled for January (January 2011) in southern Sudan "For the simple reason that all the sons of the south and north are the sons of the unified Sudan," adding,  "The only difference is that those who live in the north are Muslims and the others in the south are Christians."
He also stressed the need for "The respect of borders inherited from the colonial era whether good or bad," stressing that "The founding fathers of the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union) were utterly keen to see no tampering with borders inherited from the colonial era and accepted by the Africans as permanent borders of their countries."
He asked, "Why are we trying to degrade the memory of our fathers who stood firmly and decisively against anyone who tried to tamper with borders adopted by the Organization of African Unity?" He cautioned that secession would be the biggest disaster that could inflict Africa since its independence.
Deby was quoted to have said that he could not do anything if that referendum had been actually conducted in South Sudan, asking, "Is it possible for Khartoum government to easily accept losing the South with all its wealth of oil and metals ... I doubt it," warning "If war does not break out   when the sons of the south decide to secede, it will breakout because of  the conflict that might arise in connection with natural  resources sharing between the north and south Sudan." 


5,000 vacancies in Khartoum State ministries
(Mirayafm)
The public service selection committee has announced more than 5,000 vacancies in Khartoum State ministries. The application period starts from May, 9 until May, 24. This comes within the state efforts to provide employment opportunities for new university graduates. The committee has set a number of requirements to be met by applicants.
These include proven computer proficiency, original copies of bachelor's degree, secondary school certificate, passport, birth certificate as well as a valid work document

Agricultural Bank of Sudan Celebrates its Golden Jubilee
(SV)
In an overwhelming celebration, Vice President Ali Osman Mohammed Taha inaugurated the premises of the Agricultural Bank of Sudan Head Office, the Agricultural Information and remote sensation Center, and the tele-money (fast remittance) Centre.
The ceremony was attended by each of State Minister at the Ministry of Agriculture, Abdul Rahim Ali Hamad, Central Bank of Sudan Governor, Saber Mohammed El-Hassan, Federal Minister of Finance, Dr. Awad  Al Jaz, Khartoum State Governor, Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Khidir and the Agricultural Bank of Sudan Chairman Board of Directors.
They were received by the Bank's General Manager, Awad Osman Mohammed Ahmed Mubashar, his Deputy Ghazi Hifzallah and other aides.
It is to be noted that the Vice President affirmed in his speech the continuation of agricultural renaissance through The Agricultural Bank of Sudan and he also approved a two months salary as an incentive to the workers of the bank.

Steady National Issues and the Historical Reality
(Opinion)
The voicing of the ordeal's consequences reining our nation is not just slogans of shallow excitement. It is a mere advice afar from any intent other than to maintain Sudan as it was a nation for all with the inherited tolerance.
The utterance is to urge the Sudanese of all walks to work to overcome the ordeal with frank dialogue because there are indications that the national entity is subject to explosion a matter that necessitates from all of us to deal with the coming storms with responsible dialogue and direct confrontation to recognize the consequences.
We must go along with the disasters which affected neighbouring countries and the lessons to be learnt to avoid the same fate.
This could only be through serious dialogue over the essential issues.
What is going on these days is not enough as there were no in-depth tackling to the issues and the crisis.
It is true that we managed to overcome the crisis of democratic transformation through the elections, but there are remaining impacts.
We should improve our democratic experience to make the peaceful power transformation principle solid and firm and our opposition forces should accept the new reality instead of its discouraging stances.
However, with thorough examination we will recognize and discover the agendas of those who are working to pass the splintering assumptions.
The demands of the upcoming stage are to sit with good faith with all the national forces to take the necessary action to avoid the disaster which they have discovered its dangerous consequences late.
The issue is crucial and no way for any postponements or dodging and it is our duty towards the nation to avoid any regression that might return us to square one.
The historical steadiness of our nation in coexistence and tolerance should be our reference, so overstepping the stages is unacceptable and we should recognize that our country is on the brink of abyss.
Our leaders must persist in countering the plots targeting a united Sudan through raising awareness of the citizens on the dangerous consequences and threats of secession.