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tahir.DDS · June 2nd, 2009, 09:51 PM

NAIROBI, June 1 (Reuters) - Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB.NR) said on Monday its mortgage subsidiary had signed a $452 million deal to finance construction of housing units for government workers in southern Sudan.

Most of south Sudan has been devastated by decades of war. Civil servants, aid agency workers and businessmen in the capital Juba fork out high prices for accommodation in tented camps or dilapidated buildings because of a lack of proper housing.

"There is an increasing need for residential houses in many towns in southern Sudan due to the growing population of public servants and employees of private and non-governmental organizations," KCB Chairman Peter Muthoka said in a statement.

The money will be used to put up 1,750 units.

After decades of civil war, rebels in the south signed a peace pact with Khartoum in 2005, but analysts and residents say the deal is shaky and fighting could erupt again in the future.

Sudanese officials said the housing project should be a sign to investors that peace would hold. (Reporting by Helen Nyambura-Mwaura, editing by Will Waterman)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssF...53114320090601

tahir.DDS · June 5th, 2009, 01:20 AM

Dentist · June 5th, 2009, 09:57 AM

The park was established in 1935 and it is one of two parks in the Sudan designated as Biosphere Reserves. Dinder in also proposed as the first Ramsar site in Sudan. The park lies along the transition ecotone between two floristic regions : the Ethiopian high plateau and the arid sahara Sudanian biomes. The park also lies along the boundary of two major faunal realms. i.e. the Paleartic and Ethiopian region. The park in dominated by Acacia Se al and Balanich ecosystem and rivervine and may (meadows) ecosystems about 2.7 large mammalian spp. Are present and about 200 spp. Of birds and diversity of fish and reptice. Diversity of local communities including indigenous tribes living around the park.

(UNESCO.org, World Heritage)

Pics courtesy of BIKO, nature guard's flickr photostream.

tahir.DDS · June 6th, 2009, 01:52 AM

Old Gum Arabic tree -Sudan

tahir.DDS · June 6th, 2009, 01:54 AM

Sudan has scrapped the monopoly on production and export of essential cola drinks ingredient gum arabic, in which the country is the world leader, official news agency SUNA reported on Thursday.

President Omar al-Beshir issued a decree ending the monopoly rights held by the Gum Arabic Company to buy the raw resin drawn by farmers from certain types of acacia tree, mainly grown in the Kordofan and Darfur regions.

The gum works as an emulsifier enabling a stable mixture of water and sugar so that no sugary residues are left at the bottom of cola bottles.

The United States retained the right to import the gum in 1997 when it imposed economic sanctions on Sudan accusing it of sponsoring terrorism.

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_...&lang=eng_news

casaguy · June 6th, 2009, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tahir.DDS

Thank you for this wonderful thread.

I'm sorry if this question is silly, but is that railway in use? I'm curious if the blowing sand causes problems with the rails.

soulsoul · June 6th, 2009, 12:22 PM

image hosted on flickr

soulsoul · June 6th, 2009, 12:44 PM

Maybe its a good idea before you post image to add the photo of the state where it has been taken, coz Sudan is a continental state!
You type in google -> river nile state sudan, and you will have a link to wikipedia.
Click on it, on the right, there is a picture of the state like i posted it

soulsoul · June 6th, 2009, 12:50 PM

In the same region of Northern state and River Nile sate between HAlfa and dongola.
Btw a new road is almost finished between the two cities

image hosted on flickr

soulsoul · June 6th, 2009, 01:16 PM

Khartoum - Wad Medani road or the death road - Too narrow and too crowdded

image hosted on flickr

image hosted on flickr

For the Wad madani map, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wad_Medani

And about the dangerosity of the road:

The road from Khartoum to Wad Medani is the main highway to Port Sudan [It was in 2007 but now there is a direct road].
It is used by buses ,articulated lorries as well as other transport. Although the road is tarmac, it was not constructed to carry the volume or loads that it has today. Pot holes are rapidly filled, but not much can be done about the noticeable ridge/ruts on the lane coming from Port Sudan and going to Khartoum.

It is a very stress-inducing drive, especially at night when the headlights are blinding and give no indication as to the size of the oncoming vehicle. Add to that , some people drive off road and their headlights are quite confusing too.So anyone who dares to drive here, needs to be especially careful and be on constant alert for oncoming madmen trying to overtake, pedestrians, animals,and unexpected barrels at police check points.

A further distraction is that as you approach Medani there are numerous advertisements for a mobile phone company attached to posts every few metres along the road. They have a hand with one or two fingers, a fist or a pointing hand. Most distracting.

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel...ni-BR-1.html#0

tahir.DDS · June 6th, 2009, 04:30 PM

Roseires Dam was built in the south west of Sudan to help control the water coming from Ethiopia during the flood season. There had long been a town there, but when the dam was being built a new town on the west bank of the Nile was started. Damazine is now a flourishing community maybe larger than Roseires itself.

The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) will extend Sudan a 58-million Kuwaiti Dinar (USD 212 million) loan for heightening the Roseires Dam
The initial capacity of the dam is 3.4 md. c.m. however the accumulated silt in the dam lakes has reduced the storage capacity by 25%. The project aims to heighten Roseires dam to increase the storage capacity to 7.3 md. c.m.

tahir.DDS · June 6th, 2009, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by casaguy

Thank you for this wonderful thread.

I'm sorry if this question is silly, but is that railway in use? I'm curious if the blowing sand causes problems with the rails.

sadly i dnt think its been used,but there is plan to inject life back to it.

tahir.DDS · June 7th, 2009, 06:24 AM

tahir.DDS · June 7th, 2009, 06:41 AM

tahir.DDS · June 7th, 2009, 06:04 PM

school in darfur project.
http://www.homesforsudan.org/projects.html

kitayabi · September 5th, 2009, 05:37 AM

StormShadow · September 5th, 2009, 09:00 AM

That dish looks good, what is it ? Lamb and some kind of Humus ?

kitayabi · September 5th, 2009, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StormShadow

That dish looks good, what is it ? Lamb and some kind of Humus ?

camel meat and humus

kitayabi · September 16th, 2009, 03:34 AM

Sudan and morocco apparently have the highest proportion of broadband users in africa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8255695.stm

kitayabi · September 16th, 2009, 04:03 AM

Gadaref sudan

June 2nd, 2009, 09:51 PM	#101
tahir.DDS Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: philadelphia.khartoum.Manila.dubai Posts: 262 Likes (Received): 0	Kenya's KCB signs $452 mln Sudan housing project NAIROBI, June 1 (Reuters) - Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB.NR) said on Monday its mortgage subsidiary had signed a $452 million deal to finance construction of housing units for government workers in southern Sudan. Most of south Sudan has been devastated by decades of war. Civil servants, aid agency workers and businessmen in the capital Juba fork out high prices for accommodation in tented camps or dilapidated buildings because of a lack of proper housing. "There is an increasing need for residential houses in many towns in southern Sudan due to the growing population of public servants and employees of private and non-governmental organizations," KCB Chairman Peter Muthoka said in a statement. The money will be used to put up 1,750 units. After decades of civil war, rebels in the south signed a peace pact with Khartoum in 2005, but analysts and residents say the deal is shaky and fighting could erupt again in the future. Sudanese officials said the housing project should be a sign to investors that peace would hold. (Reporting by Helen Nyambura-Mwaura, editing by Will Waterman) http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssF...53114320090601

June 5th, 2009, 01:20 AM	#102
tahir.DDS Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: philadelphia.khartoum.Manila.dubai Posts: 262 Likes (Received): 0	small village ,near juba,sudan

June 5th, 2009, 09:57 AM	#103
Dentist BANNED Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Land of the 2 Niles Posts: 427 Likes (Received): 0	al-Dinder National Park The park was established in 1935 and it is one of two parks in the Sudan designated as Biosphere Reserves. Dinder in also proposed as the first Ramsar site in Sudan. The park lies along the transition ecotone between two floristic regions : the Ethiopian high plateau and the arid sahara Sudanian biomes. The park also lies along the boundary of two major faunal realms. i.e. the Paleartic and Ethiopian region. The park in dominated by Acacia Se al and Balanich ecosystem and rivervine and may (meadows) ecosystems about 2.7 large mammalian spp. Are present and about 200 spp. Of birds and diversity of fish and reptice. Diversity of local communities including indigenous tribes living around the park. (UNESCO.org, World Heritage) Pics courtesy of BIKO, nature guard's flickr photostream. Last edited by Dentist; June 5th, 2009 at 11:25 AM.

June 6th, 2009, 01:52 AM	#104
tahir.DDS Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: philadelphia.khartoum.Manila.dubai Posts: 262 Likes (Received): 0	gum arabic Old Gum Arabic tree -Sudan

June 6th, 2009, 01:54 AM	#105
tahir.DDS Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: philadelphia.khartoum.Manila.dubai Posts: 262 Likes (Received): 0	Sudan scraps gum arabic monopoly Sudan has scrapped the monopoly on production and export of essential cola drinks ingredient gum arabic, in which the country is the world leader, official news agency SUNA reported on Thursday. President Omar al-Beshir issued a decree ending the monopoly rights held by the Gum Arabic Company to buy the raw resin drawn by farmers from certain types of acacia tree, mainly grown in the Kordofan and Darfur regions. The gum works as an emulsifier enabling a stable mixture of water and sugar so that no sugary residues are left at the bottom of cola bottles. The United States retained the right to import the gum in 1997 when it imposed economic sanctions on Sudan accusing it of sponsoring terrorism. http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_...&lang=eng_news

June 6th, 2009, 12:22 PM	#107
soulsoul Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 312 Likes (Received): 0	image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr

June 6th, 2009, 12:44 PM	#108
soulsoul Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 312 Likes (Received): 0	Maybe its a good idea before you post image to add the photo of the state where it has been taken, coz Sudan is a continental state! You type in google -> river nile state sudan, and you will have a link to wikipedia. Click on it, on the right, there is a picture of the state like i posted it

June 6th, 2009, 12:50 PM	#109
soulsoul Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 312 Likes (Received): 0	In the same region of Northern state and River Nile sate between HAlfa and dongola. Btw a new road is almost finished between the two cities image hosted on flickr

June 6th, 2009, 01:16 PM	#110
soulsoul Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 312 Likes (Received): 0	Khartoum - Wad Medani road or the death road - Too narrow and too crowdded image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr For the Wad madani map, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wad_Medani And about the dangerosity of the road: The road from Khartoum to Wad Medani is the main highway to Port Sudan [It was in 2007 but now there is a direct road]. It is used by buses ,articulated lorries as well as other transport. Although the road is tarmac, it was not constructed to carry the volume or loads that it has today. Pot holes are rapidly filled, but not much can be done about the noticeable ridge/ruts on the lane coming from Port Sudan and going to Khartoum. It is a very stress-inducing drive, especially at night when the headlights are blinding and give no indication as to the size of the oncoming vehicle. Add to that , some people drive off road and their headlights are quite confusing too.So anyone who dares to drive here, needs to be especially careful and be on constant alert for oncoming madmen trying to overtake, pedestrians, animals,and unexpected barrels at police check points. A further distraction is that as you approach Medani there are numerous advertisements for a mobile phone company attached to posts every few metres along the road. They have a hand with one or two fingers, a fist or a pointing hand. Most distracting. http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel...ni-BR-1.html#0 Last edited by soulsoul; June 6th, 2009 at 01:22 PM.

June 6th, 2009, 04:30 PM	#111
tahir.DDS Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: philadelphia.khartoum.Manila.dubai Posts: 262 Likes (Received): 0	Sudan, China sign $396mln contract to heighten Roseires Dam Roseires Dam was built in the south west of Sudan to help control the water coming from Ethiopia during the flood season. There had long been a town there, but when the dam was being built a new town on the west bank of the Nile was started. Damazine is now a flourishing community maybe larger than Roseires itself. The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) will extend Sudan a 58-million Kuwaiti Dinar (USD 212 million) loan for heightening the Roseires Dam The initial capacity of the dam is 3.4 md. c.m. however the accumulated silt in the dam lakes has reduced the storage capacity by 25%. The project aims to heighten Roseires dam to increase the storage capacity to 7.3 md. c.m.

June 7th, 2009, 06:24 AM	#113
tahir.DDS Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: philadelphia.khartoum.Manila.dubai Posts: 262 Likes (Received): 0

June 7th, 2009, 06:41 AM	#114
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June 7th, 2009, 06:04 PM	#115
tahir.DDS Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: philadelphia.khartoum.Manila.dubai Posts: 262 Likes (Received): 0	school in darfur school in darfur project. http://www.homesforsudan.org/projects.html

September 5th, 2009, 05:37 AM	#116
kitayabi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,989 Likes (Received): 30

September 5th, 2009, 09:00 AM	#117
StormShadow Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Trying to Escape Posts: 4,498 Likes (Received): 4	That dish looks good, what is it ? Lamb and some kind of Humus ?

September 16th, 2009, 03:34 AM	#119
kitayabi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,989 Likes (Received): 30	Sudan and morocco apparently have the highest proportion of broadband users in africa http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8255695.stm

September 16th, 2009, 04:03 AM	#120
kitayabi Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,989 Likes (Received): 30	Gadaref sudan

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