
Business News
New Airline Offers Service in Southern Sudan
2008-05-30 15:50
(Juba) – An airline called Sun Air launched operations in southern Sudan at Juba International Airport on Monday.
Speaking to Sudan Radio Service, Sun Air General Manager Hassen Nassir said the company’s will operate Boeing 737 daily between Khartoum and Juba and Juba and Nairobi.
Mr. Nassir said...
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Daily bus trips to Sudan start
2008-05-30 15:16
By Mikaili Sseppuya
REGIONAL Bus Services has started a daily trip to Juba from Kampala at a cost of sh75,000.
“The bus leaves at 2:00am and reaches Juba at 4:30pm.The fare is sh75,000. A person needs sh5,000 on the Ugandan side and sh75,000 on the Sudanese border for the temporary travel...
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Oil steady, dollar gains overshadow steep stock fall
2008-05-30 15:16
By Luke Pachymuthu
SINGAPORE, May 30 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell to below $126 on Friday, after a steep fall in the previous session, as the dollar's rally overshadowed the biggest drop in U.S. inventories since 2004, while concerns over global energy demand grew.
U.S. crude <CLc1> fell 86...
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S. Korea plans farm development in Sudan to aid starving N. Koreans
2008-05-30 10:12
South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak hopes to develop farmland in Sudan as part of efforts to secure offshore grain resources to help North Korea cope with its worsening food crisis.
Meeting with visiting Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir, Lee discussed the proposed cooperation, which...
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Japan Makes a New Push Towards Continent
2008-05-28 18:48
Ramesh Jaura
Yokohama- African leaders are seeking an increase in official development assistance (ODA) and a boost to trade and investment.
In a keynote address at a three-day conference that kicked off Wednesday in Japan's port city Yokohama, Tanzania's President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete welcomed...