Bashir orders 5,000 cows as gift from Sudan to Egypt ahead of PM visit
March 26, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir granted Egypt 5.000 cows as a gift ahead of the visit on Sunday by the Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf.
“During his last trip to Egypt (at the beginning of March), President Omar al-Bashir announced that he would give the Egyptians 5,000 cows as a present,” Moussa told Agence France Presse (AFP).
“We will start sending the cows on Monday. There will be a ceremony beforehand at Al-Kadaru in north Khartoum,” he added.
The London based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat cited observers who said that this gift by Bashir was as celebration to the end of Mubarak’s era who ruled Egypt since 1981.
The government sponsored Sudanese Media Center (SMC) website today launched a fierce attack on Mubarak’s regime saying it practiced blackmailing against Khartoum since the failed attempt on Egyptian president’s life in Addis Ababa in 1995 blamed on Islamists backed by Sudan.
It also said that the Cairo under Mubarak occupied the disputed Halayeb triangle on the borders, pushed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to impose sanctions on Sudan and hosted opposition groups in the 90’s that were seeking to topple Bashir’s government.
The Egyptian PM will be accompanied by the ministers of agriculture, electricity, irrigation and international cooperation. He is expected to visit Khartoum and Juba.
Talks will likely focus on the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) which would strip Egypt of its veto right over all upstream projects including irrigation and hydropower. Sudan has stood firmly in rejecting any amendment to the original treaty.
Egypt held dominant right on Nile water following powers granted by a 1929 colonial-era treaty with Britain. Its subsequent 1959 deal with Sudan gave the two downstream countries more than 90 percent control of Nile waters.
The NBI signed in May 2010 by Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Ethiopia will curb that right. Other affected countries, including Kenya, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were given one year to ink the deal.
Kenya signed shortly after the ceremony and Burundi signed earlier this month, the last possible day for signature.
Egypt says the river’s waters feed a farming sector accounting for a third of all jobs. Cairo fears a reduction in its water flow will bring closer the date on which population growth will outstrip water resources, now thought possible as early as 2017.
Under the original deal, Egypt is entitled to 55.5 billion cubic meters of water a year, the lion’s share of the Nile’s total flow of around 84 billion cubic meters.
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DASODIKO
Bashir orders 5,000 cows as gift from Sudan to Egypt ahead of PM visit
I have never seen shameless human such as Bashir in my life. The man stolen the life stock of people of Darfur and giving them as gifts for his Arab brothers while entire Africa is sleeping and AU continues protecting the interests of North African Arabs.
Jada Lotole
Bashir orders 5,000 cows as gift from Sudan to Egypt ahead of PM visit
Lavish giving is common with Glory seekers, hypocrites, dictators and self imposed leaders ! Bashir is seeking support and ignoring the plight of the people of the Sudan .
Good for him ! let us watch as events unfold if he will manage to solicit the glory he is seeking for by giving out heads of cattle at the expense of the suffering people !
AdierCien
Bashir orders 5,000 cows as gift from Sudan to Egypt ahead of PM visit
In The Name Of The Trinity God Amen.
Sorry,sorry! Al Bashir has lost control…… .
Lord,have mercy on us.
Jalaby
Bashir orders 5,000 cows as gift from Sudan to Egypt ahead of PM visit
That is wonderfull!
Yes we have to strength our relation with Egyptian brothers by giving them cows and goats, please don’t make fun of this kind of gift just because of cows, remember cows mean business and billion of dollars.
Al Bahsir was the first arabic president to visit egypt after the revolution and Egypt prime minister making his first visit ever out side Egypt and he chooses Sudan (not USA) because of the strong ties and one fate and destiny that unite the two countries, we were one country since the era of the Pharaohs, we support unity between the two countries that benefit the people of two countries not only one nation, share resources and build strong economy and then we will go for one arab nation from the ocean to gulf.
Egypt today is not Egypt of yesterday after Mubarak shamefull and corrupted regime is removed by brave Egyptians people.
Now our identity has become very clear after south separation, yes we are Arabs and proud to be Arabs .. yes we are Africans and proud to be Africans .. we cannot separate from our Arabs brothers and in the same time we cannot deny our African roots and origin! yes we are both and proud to be both!
Jalaby (Abo Jalabia wa Shal)
ebonyebony
Bashir orders 5,000 cows as gift from Sudan to Egypt ahead of PM visit
What is this nonsense Sudan Tribune? We are waiting to see what is the program of the Egyption PM in his proposed visit to Juba and you mention cows? When will you report important news?