Entries from June 2009

RUMBEK, June 30 (Gurtong) - Northern Bahr El Ghazal State has officially rejected the fifth National Population and Housing Census results.

JUBA, June 30 (Gurtong) – The Government of Southern Sudan’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin last week, Thursday, called upon the seven banks in South Sudan to extend loan facilities to hotels in a bid to assist them improve on their services.

BENTIU, June 30 (Gurtong) - The SPLM secretariat in Unity State last Friday launched the party’s campaign strategy in readiness for the 2010 general elections.

KHARTOUM, Sunday 28 June -Sudan’s former southern rebels today said there had been no concrete progress in talks over a faltering peace deal with the north, and warned time was running out to save the accord.

The UAE official news agency (WAM) said that the move comes in response to a request by the Sudanese Ministry of Health.

JUBA, 28 June (Gurtong) - The head of Rejaf Aglican Church Bishop Michael Lugor is set to retire from the church on 16 August this year after a 45-year career of spiritual service in South Sudan.

RUMBEK, June 27 (Gurtong) - The Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) Lakes State secretariat has released the names of its election campaign officials.

AWEIL, June 26 (Gurtong) – Vulnerable groups in Aweil West and North counties in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State are receiving nutritional support from an international development partner.

JUBA, June 26 (Gurtong) -  The Government of South Sudan’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry held a workshop on Wednesday at the Government Center for Accounts in Juba to review draft business bills.

AWEIL, June 26 (Gurtong) – Mobile telephony operator, MTN, has officially launched its services in Aweil town, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State.