Khartoum sends Juba 2,000 tonnes of corn for flood victims

November 30, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government has started shipping two thousand tons of corn to South Sudan out of five thousand that were ordered by the presidency in Khartoum last October following the floods that hit the country there.

The Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) said in a statement issued Saturday that it communicated with the executive bodies that are to implement the decision after receiving the corn from the strategic reserve and obtaining the necessary exemptions to ship it.

HAC said it supervised the entire process including the conclusion of legal contracts with carriers from the railway, river and land transport as well as getting visas for those involved in moving it.

The statement said the shipping started on Thursday through the port of Kosti to Malakal in Upper Nile state adding that it expects to complete shipping next Thursday at a farewell ceremony attended by HAC commissioner and the ambassador of South Sudan in Khartoum and other officials.

The remaining amount will be transported at a later date using railway, river and road transport to the states of Bahr el Ghazal and Unity.

(ST)