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*Sudan hopes to offset loss of oil to South Sudan. NEAR SOFIYA, Sudan, May 22- In a hangar-shaped factory hall in central Sudan a dozen workers rush to pack refined white sugar gushing from a funnel into paper bags to be loaded on three trucks parked outside.
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UNITED NATIONS-- The illegal trade in elephant ivory may constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, threatening peace and security in central Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon said in a report to the Security Council.
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PERTH, May 22- U.S. crude futures prices fell below $96 a barrel on Wednesday after an unexpected increase in U.S. gasoline stockpiles ahead of the summer driving season in the world's largest oil consumer. July oil futures contract fell 44 cents to $95.74 a barrel by 0028 GMT.
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"I've had enough of Sudan and will go to Saudi Arabia," said Taha. " Taha, who has been working in an office accounts department for two years because he could not find a professional post, has just been hired as an engineer by a construction firm in Saudi Arabia- a move that will increase his salary sevenfold to 2,500 Saudi riyals a month.
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*U.S., Russia push for rapid talks to end Syria conflict. LONDON, May 8- Oil slipped below $104 a barrel on Wednesday as a rise in crude imports by China and a surprise jump in German industrial output could not shake off persistent concerns about global demand.
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*Global shares rise on strong China data. LONDON, May 8- Oil steadied above $104 a barrel on Wednesday after a rise in crude imports by the world's No.2 consumer, China, though concerns about global demand kept a lid on prices.
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KHARTOUM, May 7- South Sudan's first oil export shipment since January 2012 has reached Sudan, state news agency SUNA said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of a thaw between the longtime foes.
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MUMBAI, May 5- Hong-Kong entrepreneur Ramesh Tainwala spent 18 months operating branded clothing retail stores in India before deciding it was impossible to succeed without paying bribes.
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PALOUGE, South Sudan, May 5- South Sudan's Palouge oilfield, the country's biggest, will reach production of up to 180,000 barrels per day within a month after starting at 125,000, oil consortium Dar Petroleum said on Sunday, ramping up output slower than initially planned.
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PALOUGE, South Sudan, May 5- South Sudan's Palouge oilfield, the country's biggest, will reach production of up to 180,000 barrels per day within a month after starting at 125,000, oil consortium Dar Petroleum said on Sunday, ramping up output slower than initially planned.
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PALOUGE, South Sudan, May 5- South Sudan's Palouge oilfield, the country's biggest, will reach production of up to 180,000 barrels per day within a month after starting at 125,000, oil consortium Dar Petroleum said on Sunday.
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*Abyei bone of contention between Sudan, South Sudan. KHARTOUM, May 5- One Ethiopian peacekeeper was killed and two others wounded when a U.N. convoy was caught up in a tribal clash in the Abyei border region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, the United Nations said on Sunday.
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MUMBAI, May 5- Hong-Kong entrepreneur Ramesh Tainwala spent 18 months operating branded clothing retail stores in India before deciding it was impossible to succeed without paying bribes.
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MUMBAI, May 5- Hong-Kong entrepreneur Ramesh Tainwala spent 18 months operating branded clothing retail stores in India before deciding it was impossible to succeed without paying bribes.
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KHARTOUM, May 4- A top tribal leader allied to South Sudan was killed in clashes involving a rival Sudanese tribe in the Abyei region disputed by the African neighbours on Saturday, both sides said, an incident that risks fuelling new tensions in the flashpoint area.
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JUBA, May 4- South Sudan's police have detained a newspaper editor without charge and refused him access to a lawyer for three days, he told a Reuters reporter who visited him in a crowded police cell on Saturday.
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KHARTOUM, May 4- South Sudan will ship its first oil from its largest fields in Upper Nile state to export facilities in Sudan on May 10, Sudan's oil ministry told state news agency SUNA on Saturday. Landlocked South Sudan had shut down its production of up to 350,000 barrels per day in January 2012 after failing to agree with Sudan over oil fees.
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JUBA, May 3- South Sudan's President Salva Kiir will visit Sudan this month to witness with his counterpart Omar Hassan al-Bashir the first shipment of oil from the south after a 15- month shutdown, an official said on Friday.
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KHARTOUM, May 3- Sudanese police used teargas and batons to break up a protest by around 400 people in Khartoum on Friday demanding the government grant them land to build homes, witnesses said.
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KHARTOUM, May 2- More than 60 miners were killed this week in Sudan's Darfur region when the gold mine they were working in collapsed, a police spokesman said on Thursday. Law and order has collapsed in most parts of Darfur, an arid region in Sudan's west, since mainly non-Arab rebels took up arms in 2003 against the government.