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State of emergency extended

    NAIROBI

    Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has extended the state of emergency in the country by one more year.

    The Sudanese news agency (SUNA) reported on Wednesday that the president had issued “a republican decree” renewing the state of emergency for another year. The state of emergency was declared in December 1999 after Bashir fell out with his erstwhile ally, the former speaker of parliament, Hassan al-Turabi.

    Meanwhile, the government of Oman has lifted the ban on Sudanese livestock. SUNA reported that the Sudanese minister of animal resources, Dr. Abdallah Sid Ahmad, received a message from his Omani counterpart, Dr. Ahmad Bin-Khalfan Al-Rawahi, informing him of the lifting of the ban. Oman imposed the ban after the outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in Saudi Arabia and Yemen late last year.

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