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 DAILY PRESS REVIEW, Tuesday 3 June 2003
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DAILY PRESS REVIEW
Tuesday 3 June 2003
National Press
Al Ayam Paper, Khartoum: Fire breaks out in Buri Thermal Power Station
A fire broke out at Buri thermal electricity station Monday noon. The fire destroyed five engines with a capacity of eight megawatts each and inflicting injuries on a number of workers in the station.
Minister of Electricity Ali Tamim Fartak said to SUNA that the cause of the incident is till now is a spark resulting from maintenance operation in the station.
The minister said the fire completely destroyed the engines a matter that brought the station out of the national network, pointing out that the capacity of the station is 40 megawatts. He added that investigations are underway in the incident.
He indicated that urgent rescue operations were conducted for the workers in the station, where a number of them were taken to hospital.
SUNA, Kassala: Minister of Humanitarian Affairs inspects displaced peoples camps in Ghash Locality
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Engineer Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid has announced that the government mapped out integrated study for the return of the citizens affected by the war after the realization of peace. This came during the inspection visit the minister paid Sunday for Hadalia and Mata'atib camps for the displaced at Al-Ghash locality.
The Minister was accompanied by Governor of Kassala State Gen. Farouk Hassan Mohammed Nour and Deputy director general of USAID Mr. Roger Winter and the accompanying delegation.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs appreciated the efforts being exerted by the humanitarian organizations working in Kassala state.
Meanwhile, Deputy Director General of the USAID explained that the purpose of the visit for Kassala State is to get acquaint with the situations of the displaced and the development programmes that are prepared by the state's government after realization of peace.
He further affirmed the keenness of US on signing the comprehensive and just peace agreement between the government of Sudan and the SPLM. He went on to say that following achievement of peace the humanitarian aid would be directed for boosting the development projects in Sudan and returning the war-affected displaced citizens to their areas and provision of the necessary services to them.
Commissioner of Al-Ghash Locality Ahmed Abdalatif explained that the government of Kassala state is to establish model villages to accommodate the displaced to facilitate provision of services. The number of the displaced at Hadalia camp reaches 6200 families while Mata'atib Janoub exceeds 3000.
SUNA, Khartoum: Foreign Minister says he discussed with South African officials Sudan’s complaint against Eritrean practices
Foreign Minister Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail has pointed out that he discussed with officials in South Africa, the current chairman of the African Union (AU), the complaint submitted by Sudan against the Eritrean regime over the Eritrean practices after which the South African Foreign Minister visited Sudan, while Asmara apologized from receiving her.
The minister added in a press conference he held at the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers Sunday that the case is still pending and that Sudan provides South Africa with information on new developments in this connection.
Al Khartoum Paper, Khartoum: Special tribunes abolished in Darfur
The President of the Republic Omar Al Bashir has decreed the abolition of the special tribunes, in the states of Darfur where the state of emergency applied.
The ministry of Justice announced the setting up of committees to investigate into allegations of human rights violations during the incidents in Darfur.
Meanwhile the Judiciary announced the establishment of ordinary courts applying the criminal code and procedures and whose rule is subjected to appeal at higher courts.
Al Rai Al Aam Paper, Khartoum: 13 injured in clashes with regular forces in Omdurman
Thirteen people, including four soldiers from the Armed Forces and Police, were injured during clashes yesterday in the area of Al-Gailyeen of the Karary locality, Omdurman province.
The clashes occurred when the peoples protested the local authorities move to demolish their houses
International Newswires
UN Integrated Regional Information, Nairobi: Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign Begins
A vaccination campaign to halt the spread of yellow fever in Imotong and Ikotos, Eastern Equatoria, southern Sudan, began on Sunday, Ben Parker, the spokesman for the UN humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, told IRIN.
A total of 40,000 doses of the vaccine had been delivered by air to Ikotos on Saturday, he said, and 75 trained vaccinators had begun work the next day. Imotong town, the epicentre of the outbreak, and the Momoria camp for internally displaced people on the edge of Ikotos, were to constitute the initial focus, he said.
The IDP camp is home to several thousand people fleeing insecurity in the area.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) had ordered a further 125,000 vaccines, which it hoped would arrive by next week so that the campaign could continue without interruption, Parker added. The Sudanese Ministry of Health and WHO were also planning a parallel campaign in government-held areas, such as the garrison town of Torit, in Eastern Equatoria, he said.
Oxfam and Norwegian Church Aid have begun the delivery of 1,700 mosquito nets to the area.
To date, 36 people in the area have died of the haemorrhagic disease. Yellow fever can cause bleeding from the mouth, eyes, nose and stomach and has an estimated mortality rate of about 30 percent. Death usually occurs within 10 to 14 days.
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