Vice President of the Republic, Ali Osman Mohammed Osman, is due to inspect Monday Neyala Power Station in South Darfur State and Rahad Abyad which comes as part of the projects of water harvest which is being implemented by the Dam Implementation Unit
Minister of Electricity and Dams, Osama Abdullah, said the current expansion in Neyala power station will contribute in increasing its total capacity from 10.7 Megawatts to 17 Megawatts, which will be funded by the Sudanese Company for Thermal Generation and to be implemented by BEZ-MOTORAY of the Czech Republic, saying that the first unity of the Station has entered the service in last February
Meanwhile, the State Minister at the Ministry of Electricity and Dams and Director of the Dams Implementation Unit Mohammed Hassan El-Hadhari said the visit to the Dam of Rahad Abyad in Al-Salam Locality comes as part of the State's concern with solving the problems of water and pasture in South Darfur State in order to decrease clashes between the cattlemen and the farmers
He explained that the Ministry has a plan to establish 8 Dams and Reservoirs in 2011 with a capacity of 32 million Cubic Meters to cover the need of the State from Water

The 9th forum of information to launch today its opening session on Singa capital of Sennar state, to address by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Dr. Yahya Abdullah Mohammed .
The Forum which lasts two days aims to find out information on the States
and to exchange experiences with professionals and those interested in, besides to coordinate with those working in the field of information.
The forum, which reviews the working papers and specialized finance ministers of States. The Minister of Information in Government of Sennar state,Busina Jouda expressed that the forum will witness the launch of a number of websites in units of the state government.

The Minister of Industry Dr. Awad Ahmed Al-Jaz, reviewed on the efforts of the plant Balsam of drugs to increase production capacities to enter new classes of drugs.
The Minister expressed in a meeting with the Board of of Director of Pakistani Pharmaceutical Industries and the owner of the plant Balsam of drugs(Zafa Group).
He welcomed the investors and Pakistani companies to invest in Sudan, said his ministry seek to achieve self-sufficiency in pharmaceutical industries.

The Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Kamal Ali Mohamed, is due to participate in the meetings of the African Water Ministers and the World Water Day celebrations, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa in March 19-22.
The meetings will discuss the present and future challenges of water in the world, realization of Millennium Development Goals, provision of drinking water and the food security. The conference will be attended by regional and international organizations working in field of water

The President of Chad, Idris Deby, announced that a tripartite summit will be held between the Presidents of Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, Idris Deby, and Philip Bouzeze, respectively, to discuss the ways to secure the joint borders.
In a press statement after his meeting yesterday in Ndjamena with the Chadian President, the Minister of Defence, Gen. Abdul-Rahim Mohamed Hussein, said that they deliberated about the current incidents in Libya and their impacts on Sudan and Chad
Gen. Hussein said that he discussed with President Deby progress of the relations between the two countries in all fields, especially concerning the relations between the Ministries in the two countries
He referred to successes achieved by the joint Sudanese - Chadian forces, a matter which was reflected in the increase of the volume of the exchange of trade and decrease of the crime rate
Gen. Hussein said that the meeting tackled the strategic projects that will link the two countries