A high delegation from the World Bank headed by the Deputy Governor and the Director of African strategies is expected to arrive in Sudan on Tuesday. The visit, which includes Khartoum and Juba, will review the Multi-donors Activities Fund, which was established by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) to support war-affected areas in Sudan.

The Southern Sudan Anti-corruption Commission has issued assets, liabilities and income declaration forms to senior government officials in Jonglei State. This comes after a workshop organized by the commission with senior government officials and legislators in the State. A member of Southern Sudan Anti-corruption Commission, Mr. Awad Muswa, said that the policy has been well received. Meanwhile, the Director General for the Administration of the Commission, Tereka Sadraka, said the visit to Jonglei State has highlighted a strategy for police, security agencies, and the media to help fight illicit practices of making profit by corrupt means.

The United Nations/African Union Joint mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has increased its security measures at all its bases in Darfur following an attempt by unidentified men to break into a UNAMID compound in Mellit, located approximately 65 kilometers north of El Fasher, North Darfur. However, the suspects fled when a warning siren was sounded.

In a statement released by the mission Sunday, it was stated that a similar incident took place on 26 August at the mission's teamsite in Kutum, situated roughly 100 kilometers northwest of El Fasher.

In a related development, Radio Miraya's correspondent confirmed that three Russian pilots working for Badr Airlines were kidnapped Sunday in Nyala. He also stated that for now authorities are denying knowledge of the incident.

The Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has declared Northern Bahr el-Ghazal State as a disaster area following the torrents and floods that swept many parts of the state including the capital, Aweil. This came during a visit by a delegation from the Goss headed by the Minister of Health, Luka Monoja, to asses the situation in the area.

Speaking to Radio Miraya, the State Minister of Social Development, Buthaina Michael Manyang, said that the floods have displaced more than 10,000 people and destroyed thousands of houses.

Overcoming obstacles facing the referendum commission, that was the main objective of the Presidency as it concluded its meeting, Sunday, in Khartoum. The Presidency which is made up of the President of the Republic, the First Vice President and the Vice President,  issued a number of resolutions and measures including asking for efforts to be stepped up to complete the demarcation of the North-South borders. The meeting also

yielded the formation of a Joint Political Committee tasked to provide technical and political support for the Border Demarcation Committee to perform its duties in time. The Presidency called on the international community to fulfill its pledges and commitments in support of the Southern Sudan referendum process. The Presidency also asked international members to participate in the monitoring of the process to create an atmosphere that allows for a free and fair referendum to all the citizen of Southern Sudan.

Earlier, the National Congress Party had said that the SPLM is dominating the Southern Sudan Referendum Bureau with 90% membership. An Information Official in the party, Fateh Shella, said the number of SPLM members in the bureau is 46 from the actual 51. He said that this is an indication of early rigging of the referendum process. Shella further said that the conditions set for Referendum Commission membership is that there should be impartiality and should not be affiliated to any party, adding that the National Congress Party is calling for international observers to step in. Meanwhile, the deputy Chairman of the Referendum Commission, Chan Reech Madut, denied these accusations, adding that they lack credibility.

Al Ayaam Newspaper quoted a statement by Madut saying "speaking of early rigging of referendum is merely a political consumption". On the other hand the SPLM accused its governing party, the NCP of retreating from its commitment towards the verdict of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on Abyei border demarcation and using the Messeriya tribes to undermine it.

Speaking to Radio Miraya, a leading SPLM member, Edward Leno, called for the immediate formation of Abyei Referendum Commission. Leno underlined the importance of implementing all CPA articles without delay. Meanwhile, the opposition parties held a meeting, Monday, to discuss the referendum.

This came following a failure to hold a meeting which was to bring together the Juba Coalition Parties and the National Congress Party to reach common grounds concerning both unity and separation. Speaking to Radio Miraya, the Popular Congress Party's Political Secretary, Kamal Omer Abdulsalaam, said that the National Congress Party had said it would participate in the meeting only if the opposition parties agreed to join the president in his campaign for unity.

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry announced the release of a US aid worker in Darfur, who was abducted in mid-May 2010. The ministry's spokesperson, Moawiya Osman Khalid, told the AFP ( Agence France Presse ) that the aid worker is currently in a house in Nyala in South Darfur.

Khalid pointed out that the release was obtained through negotiations and without payment of ransom.

Eleven sites have now been identified for the construction of hydro-electric plants on the White Nile and other rivers in the South. This, according to the Government of Southern Sudan's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation. An official from the ministry, Isaac Liabwel, said being able to use the Nile is a must for the development of South Sudan, which had no proper electricity network. Liabwel said only a few counties have access to electricity through the use of expensive generators. He added these new sites would be able to provide about 2,000 megawatt-hours of power per day.