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Western Bahr el Ghazal Completes Preparations for Independence Celebrations Officials from Western Bahr el Ghazal State on Tuesday announced the completion of all preparations aiming at marking South Sudan’s first year as an independent nation. South Sudan brass band prepare for Independence Day celebration last year. [Photo | David Azia/AP]  2012 (ABYEI) , commissioner of Western Bahr el Ghazal State headquarters who chairs state independence celebration organising committee said the area is already in “celebratory mood”. South Sudanese voted to secede from Sudan as part of 2005 peace that ended decades of conflict. “The town is already in celebration mood. People have completed all preparations and are only waiting for the day. As government, all organised forces have been put on maximum alert to provide adequate security. Our citizens should not worry about their safety and security”, Benjamin

Somali President Inspects Sudanese Currency Printing House By SUNA Khartoum - The Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has inspected printing of his country's currency at the Sudanese Company for Currency Printing. Somali President has been briefed by the Director General of the Sudanese Company for Currency Printing, Engineer Mohamed Hassan Al-Bahi, on the phases of the currency printing and ways to secure it. Al-Bahi revealed that the technologies used in the printing of Somali currency is the most modern in the currency industry domain besides ways of securing it from counterfeiting. Engineer Al-Bahi pointed out that the company, besides the currency printing, prints the electronic and ordinary passport, documents, invoices, bank cheques and balance cards for the telecommunications companies, adding that 30 banks print their cheques at the Sudanese Company for Currency Printing. He stressed that the company was ready to provide all aids to