Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (EDC) is looking for a new leader. CEO Perry Newman plans to step down in June after six years in the top job. Newman, 63, said the Uphams Corner-based organization, which has a real estate portfolio and small business lending programs, is in strong financial shape. “The stars are in alignment for new leadership,” he said in a
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Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. (Reuters) Khartoum - Mohammed Amin Yassin
Representatives of Sudan’s Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) handed Sunday Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok its list of candidates for the new cabinet.
Meanwhile, differences are still delaying the submission of candidates of the National Umma Party and other parties to the peace process in the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) to the Council of Transition Partners (CTP).
The National Umma Party, which was given the portfolios of foreign affairs, agriculture, oil and religious affairs, has been witnessing sharp internal differences, preventing it from naming its candidates, an informed source told Asharq Al-Awsat.
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has hit out at the country’s military over its vast business interests, at a time of heightened tensions within the civilian-military transitional administration.
Hamdok’s comments on Monday came a day after the United States removed Sudan from its list of state sponsors of “terrorism”, a designation that has, among others, hindered the country’s access to international financial networks.
“Every army in the world invests in defence companies,” said Hamdok, an economist by training who has served in major international institutions.
“But it is unacceptable for the military and/or security services to do so in productive sectors, and thus compete with the private sector,” continued the 64-year-old, as he took aim at the powerful military’s interests in sectors ranging from mining to agriculture.