Sudan funds US $304 million for Western Salvation Road to Darfur

Finance Minister Ali Mahmoud said the federal government provided funding in the amount 304 million dollars for the Western Salvation Road Project. The minister said that work in various sectors may start soon.The Western Salvation Road has been in planning since 2003 or earlier. It is uncompleted but is designed to connect towns form Khartoum to El Geneina. The road’s name is a reference to the cultural and political programme of the current regime, which used to call itself the “National Salvation” government.