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 El-Fasher,August 9 (SUNA) - The United Nations and African Union Mission for Darfur (UNAMID) has renewed its commitment to the agreement that it has concluded with the government on August 5, according to which the two sides will set a joint committee to deal with the issue of Kalma displaced people camp

A press release issued by UNAMID Sunday in El-Fasher said that chairman of the UN and African Union Mission for Darfur, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, affirmed during his meeting with the State Minister at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr. Mutrif Siddiq, the readiness and commitment of the UNAMID to

Khartoum, Aug. 9 (SUNA) - The rate of inflation in July dropped to 13% from 15.6% in last June

A statement issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) explained that the inflation rate in most of the states of Sudan reduced during July. It dropped in 13 states of north Sudan except Kassala and Sennar

 Khartoum, Aug. 9 (SUNA)- Chairman of the Commission for the Referendum, Prof. Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil, has denied the reports circulated by some international mass media on a trend of the Commission for the Referendum to call on the Presidency of the Republic to postpone the referendum process

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the Constitution stipulate that the referendum shall be conducted on January 9, 2011

Prof. Khalil said in a press statement Monday that postponement of the referendum is a political issue, while the mission of the Commission for the Referendum is a legal and constitutional one in accordance with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the Constitution and the Referendum Act

He said that the Commission for the Referendum has forwarded a memo to the Presidency of the Republic through which the commission called for more support to enable the commission to perform its task properly

He said that the Commission will commence its work as of next week from its headquarters in Riyadh quarter in Khartoum, which is near the premises of the National Elections Commission

Prof. Khalil pointed out that the Commission for the Referendum has made wide strides in forming the higher referendum committees in the southern states, adding that the commission is currently engaged in working out the budgets for holding the referendum process

He disclosed that the Commission for the Referendum has signed agreements with the United Nations, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the USAID for providing technical and logistic support for holding the referendum

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Khartoum, Aug. 8 (SUNA) - President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, has stressed the importance of expanding the prestige of the state and securing the lives of all the citizens in Darfur and their properties

This came when President Al-Bashir received the Wali (governor) of South Darfur State, Dr. Abdal-Hameed Musa Kasha, at the Republican Palace Sunday