President of the Republic Omer Albashir, has directed Khartoum State officials to work to stabilize water and health services, commending the state for making available necessary services for the citizens. The Governor of Khartoum State Abdul Rahman Al-Khider who met the President of the Republic at the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers that he briefed the President on the outcome of his recent visit to Brazil where he signed an agreement on the township between Brasilia and Khartoum State.
The Governor explained that the agreement would push forward horizons of cooperation in domains of training and capacity building, saying that Brasilia agreed to train Employees of Khartoum and the two sides agreed on number of development projects including sanitation and water.
Mr. Al-Khider explained that he briefed the President on the current preparations by Sundous Agricultural Project, revealing the Board of Directors of the Project will hold its meeting in the coming two days to approve the new policies and to revive the project which is of great importance to the States of Khartoum, Gezira and White Nile Meanwhile, the Governor of Khartoum State briefed the President on the Housing Project, explaining that the President pledged to support the project, saying that the project will begin by constructing 5,000 units in three locations in Khartoum State.

President of the Republic Omer Albashir received an invitation from the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to attend his inauguration ceremony for new term of office on May 12th. This came when President Albashir received at the Cabinet's Secretariat General, Monday the Envoy of the Ugandan Head of State who conveyed to him a message from his Ugandan Counterpart. The Ugandan official in press statement expressed his country's appreciation to the successful Referendum for South Sudan, wishing success to the newly-born state.

Vice President of the Republic Ali Osman Taha will hold a meeting today morning Tuesday at the Friendship Hall with the delegations participating in the activities of a seminar on Youth employment, good governance and democracy in Africa, held on the fringes of the meetings of the Organization of the African Trade Unions' Unity which is scheduled to begin sessions on Thursday. The Vice President will touch on, in his speech, a number of issues that the African continent is now witnessing along the transformation, developments in the region and the issues of youth employment, good governance and democracy.
Meanwhile the Participants in the seminar of youth employment, good governance and democracy in Africa held Monday at the Friendship Hall , agreed that the exploitation of resources , youth employment and combating corruption are fundamental challenges facing the development in Africa.
Mr. Blang Pierre of Togo stressed that the African countries are unable to take advantage of the natural and human resources effectively, pointing out to the importance of coordination with specialized researchers to achieve maximum utilization of resources.

The Higher Committee for Strategic Planning has discussed preparation for the coming five-year plan (2012-2016) where a vision forwarded on formulation of the plan within the quarter century strategy and the challenges facing Sudan. The committee held a plenary meeting Monday at the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers under chairmanship of Vice President of the Republic Ali Osman Taha.
The Secretary General of the National Council for Strategic Planning Tagel-Sir Mahjoub said in statements to the press that the meeting deliberated on ways to realize stability in Sudan after secession of south Sudan in terms of justice, equal opportunities and social integration as these axes will lead the strategy in a clear vision for the coming phase. He added that a number of institutions, state's governors, the Chairman of the Council of States, National Assembly's Speaker and representatives for universities and political parties have participated in the meeting.

Minister of Justice, Mohamed Bushara Dosa issued, Monday a ministerial decree setting up a committee to investigate into the report on the bad seeds case which was transferred to the ministry by the National Assembly. The decree appointed the Senior Advisor Mahgoub Makawi as the Chairman with membership of there Advisors from the Ministry of Justice, representatives of Economic Security, police forces and the Sudanese Corporation for Standards and Metrology.
According to the decree, the investigation committee will look into the report of the Parliamentarian committee of Water, Animal and Agricultural Affairs on the bad seeds of sunflowers which were imported for the Agricultural Bank in 2008. The committee which was directed to submit its report in two weeks- period, will swear in, Tuesday before the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice, Essam Eddin Abdulgader Al-Zain