2012-02-28 13:20:38 Kenaf-Based Building Material Shows Promise [SciDev.Net] Ouagadougou - Researchers from Burkina Faso and France have developed a low-cost construction material made of clay and sand mixed with fibres from the kenaf plant.

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Sunday, 05-19-13, 6:53Circumcision Process Must Be Monitored[IFP]The IFP calls on the Department of Health to monitor the circumcision process in initiation schools, so as to avoid further deaths. IFP Spokesperson on Health, Mrs Hilda Msweli (MP) said, "Cooperation between the Department of Health and the Traditional leaders is needed, and it will decrease the high number of deaths. Doctors should be involved in the process, to make sure that any initiate who needs urgent medical assistance receives it quickly. Some initiates died from complications due to the severe lo

Sunday, 05-19-13, 6:50New Regional Security Commission for Darfur - Al Bashir[Radio Dabanga]Khartoum -Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir issued a decree on Thursday establishing a Regional Security Commission for Darfur. The commission will be headed by Dr Tijani Sese.

Sunday, 05-19-13, 6:49JEM Head Denies Sudan-Chad Border Clash Was 'Murder'[Radio Dabanga]Kordofan -Dr Gibril Ibrahim, head of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), has strongly denied that his forces "murdered" JEM-Bashar faction leader Mohammed Bashar, his deputy Suleiman Arko, his brother Noureen Bashar and at least eight others on Sunday at the Sudan-Chad border.

Sunday, 05-19-13, 6:45IFP Wants R65 Million Sports Awards Budget Readjusted[IFP]"Our nation's sportsmen and women must be celebrated for their achievements and rewarded accordingly. However, spending R65 million on an event is beyond excessive and the department needs to cut down the amount of money used for the Sports Awards", said the IFP spokesperson on Sports and Recreation, Mr. Mkhuleko Hlengwa MP.

Sunday, 05-19-13, 6:44Appeal to Sudan Government - 'Fair Trial for Blue Nile Detainees'[Radio Dabanga]Damazin -The Human Rights Development Organisation (HUDO) has appealed to the international diplomatic and humanitarian community to put pressure on the Sudanese government "to conduct a transparent and fair trial" for 85 detainees who have been held without trial for more than a year in the Blue Nile state.

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