President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, is due to leave today for Asmara, Eretria, on a one-day official visit.
President Al-Bashir will talks with his Eritrean counterpart, Issias Afewerki, on the bilateral relations and means of consolidating the cooperation between Khartoum and Asmara, besides regional issues of mutual concern.

President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, received yesterday the visiting Chairperson of the Qatari Museums Corporation, Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad bint Khalifa Al-Thani, and the accompanying delegation, in the presence of the Presidential Advisor, Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail, and the Minister of Tourism, Dr. Ahmed Babiker Nihar, and appreciated the stance of Qatar in supporting Sudan at all fields.
In a press statement after the meeting, the General Director of the Qatari Museums Corporation, Abdalla Al-Najar, said that the Qatari delegation informed President Al-Bashir on the Qatari - Sudanese antiquity exploration project which would begin shortly and the steps for its implementation
He said that they also acquainted President Al-Bashir with the outcome of the visit paid by Sheikha Mayassa to antiquities sites in Sudan, including Al-Bajrawiya, Ras Al-Naqaa and Al-Musawarat in Nahral-Neil State, besides their visit to Meshaireb project which is being implemented by the Qatari Al-Diyar Estate investment Company

Vice - President of the Republic and Chairman of the Higher Committee for the National Housing Project, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, has directed the National Housing Fund to benefit from the experiment of Khartoum State regarding the establishment of 50, 000 housing units in four years
This came when Taha met at the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers Wednesday the Secretary General of the Fund, Dr.Gulam-Eddin Osman, who briefed him on the activities of the fund in the past period
Taha also gave directives for following up the work and continuation of the implementation of the plans and programs in this connection

The Qatari Minister of Culture and Arts, Dr. Hamad Bin Abdul-Aziz, has arrived in Khartoum Wednesday In four-day visit to in response to an invitation by the Minister of Culture, Al-Samawal Khafalla
The Qatari minister, who was received at the airport by the minister of Culture and the Qatari Ambassador to Sudan, Ali bin Hassan Al-Hamadi, will hold talks with his Sudanese counterpart and witness a number of cultural activities in the country, including the final celebration of Al-Tayeb Saleh Award.

The spokesman of the Armed Forces, Lt. Col. Al-Sawarmi Khalid Saad, has refuted the claims of Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) on the Armed Forces' support to the rebellion which is led Gen. George Ator. In a press release issued Wednesday, Lt. Col Saad said that the allegations on Armed Forces' support to Gen. Ator are false and baseless. He said that the SPLM managed to circulate these claims with the aim to justify its unlimited support to Darfur rebels who remained till now launching their rebellion activities from headquarters that they established in areas that they have established at a number of sites southern the borders of 1956
He affirmed that the Armed Forces commitment to avoid support to any rebellion of a neighbouring country and south Sudan
Lt. Col. Al-Sawarmi said that the area from which Gen. Ator is launching activities is geographically so far from the border between north and south Sudan