HORN OF AFRICA: IRIN Update, 4 December

SUDAN: Qatar resumes meat imports

The State of Qatar has resumed imports of meat from Sudan. The
importations have been resumed after a regional ban was imposed by the
Gulf States due to Rift Valley fever. The undersecretary of the Sudanese
Ministry of Livestock, Dr Muhammad al-Jabalabi, said that Sudan was
continuing its meat exports to Saudi Arabia and Jordan, Sudanese
television said on 1 December. Jabalabi also said there were "extensive
contacts" between Sudanese meat exporters and the Saudi Arabian
authorities with a view on lifting the ban on Sudanese exports of live
animals "after Rift Valley fever had been put under control".