2005

Sudan said federal transfers to states would climb sharply to about 8.4 percent of GDP from 1.6 percent last year

Sudanese first vice-president, Ali Uthman Taha, urged a reconciliation conference for tribes of the Kurma region in the western Sudanese state of North Darfur

The scope of the contract for METITO includes setting up a two-stream water desalination and chlorination plant

Total claims it has convinced people close to John Garang that the deal White Nile should be overturned

Emirates and Sudan Bank has completed its private placement at USD85 million with strong response from investors in Sudan and UAE.

Stock Exchange officials have given White Nile the green light following weeks of talks with the company's advisers

Shares in oil explorer White Nile will resume trading in two to three weeks now that it has finalised a Sudanese oil licensing deal

Militia groups which were sidelined in a post-war reconciliation dialogue might resort to fresh fighting in the region

The ex-rebel leaders running southern Sudan have rescinded rights to oil exploration in territory they control.

Garang, observers say, has always acted primarily in the interests of his Dinka people, the largest ethnic group in Sudan.