United Nations has pledged twenty five million US dollars to Eastern Equatoria State through its Rehabilitation Fund to support developmental projects in the state.
The Director General of Education in North Kordofan State, Ismail Maki, has said that at least five pupils died when their class collapsed in Zang area of Wad Banda. Radio Miraya Correspondent in the State said that with this death, the number of those killed by rains and floods in the State have reached 37 people.
The Correspondent said that schools were amongst the main buildings destroyed by heavy rains and floods.
The Spokesman of the Sudan Armed Forces, Al-Sawarmi Khalid Saad, said that three Russian aircrew kidnapped on Sunday in Nyala in South Darfur State have been released following negotiations with the kidnappers. Meanwhile, the Russin Envoy to Sudan, Mikhaeil Margelov, expressed his country's concern on Sudan's inability to provide necessary security to Russian civilians working in Sudan.
Margilov added that the failure of Sudanese authorities to protect foreigners underlines a decrease in influence of the central authorities in Darfur. However, the Governor of South Darfur State, Abdel Hamid Musa Kasha, said his government is committed to provide security to humanitarian aid workers in the State. Earlier, a US aid worker was released after being kidnapped since May.
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.
The Commissioner of Raja County in Western Bahr-el-Gazal State, Rizig Dominic, said that they will work hard to ensure the provision of services to the local people. Meanwhile, the State Minister of Physical Infrastructure, Juliet Raphael Michael, urged the commissioner of Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State to make the issue of food security their priority for the year 2011 in their respective areas.
Heavy rainfalls, which continued for four hours in Aweil town of Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State, have destroyed 10 residential areas. However, there are no casualties reported.
A three-day forum for counties' commissioners of Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State has concluded in Wau town. The workshop recommended that security should be guaranteed in the State, provision of basic services and support for the upcoming referendum scheduled for 2011. Speaking during the closing ceremony at the Peace Hall in Wau town, the Commissioner of Raja County, Rizig Dominic, said that
