President Omar Hassan al-Bashir mentioned in his swearing-in ceremony at green square in Khartoum, on June 2, 2015 allowing him to rule Sudan for another 5 years term to complete 30 years of his dictatorial rule that Sudan will witness a big economic stride from the expected revenues of gold which he estimated to be US $300 Billion worth!

Following the succession of South Sudan in 2011, the government of Sudan opened the chance for individual and companies to excavate for gold and Thousands of adventurers rushed to the northern province with their gold detectors and started using very hazardous chemical materials to extract gold. Poisonous chemicals such as mercury and potassium cyanide are widely used causing alarming deaths among animals, birds and fish in Lake Nubia.

We warned about the dangers of these poisonous chemicals which are prohibited internationally as hazardous chemicals but the government of Sudan paid no attention to our calls. There are reports that the authorities have arrested a group of people burying asbestos material near Damer in the Northern State but no details were given.

An Egyptian journalist commented in an article issued last month quoting a Sudanese Nubian journalist warning the Egyptians from the impact of mercury and potassium cyanide on the waters of the High Dam and the Egyptians.

Haggag Oddoul, the renowned Egyptian Nubian was the first Nubian to launch the Egyptian Nubian issue from Washington. DC in the year 2005 during the second Coptic International Conference on the issues of the minorities in the Arab world. His message resonated in different circles and the Nubian issue started attracting the attention of the world. Coupled with the issue of damming Nubia in Sudan and the possibilities of destroying the remaining Nubian antiquities, Nubian activists in Sudan and Egypt started organizing themselves. In Egypt, Nubians are struggling to return them back to the banks of Lake Nassir (Lake Nubia in Sudan) near their ancestral inundated lands while the Sudanese Nubians are resisting damming of Nubia by building dams in Dal, Kajbar and Elsheraik. The government of Sudan was able to complete building Merowe Dam in 2009.

I had the privilege of joining Mr. Oddoul in the International Coptic Conference for the Minorities in the Arab world and I introduced the Sudanese Nubian issues of damming and destroying Nubia.

Mr. Oddoul has authored many books and dedicated some of his books to the Nubian issues. He believes that Nubia is the key for Egypt to Africa and the vital water resources for Egypt.

Nubia Project would like to propose organizing an event to recognize and celebrate the great works of Mr. Oddoul either in Egypt or abroad. Organizing the proposed event in US Library of Congress would attract the attention of the media to the Nubian dilemma. Haggag Oddoul has released his latest book titled "Al- Kadeesa" the Cat in Arabic.

Elating news.

What makes Nubians in Sudan and Egypt proud is that a new Nubian Kandaka is advancing to the helm of the world. The UN Secretary General's assignment for Ms. Hadeel Ibrahim to the High-level Panel on humanitarian financing challenges is a great honor for the Nubians who are facing marginalization, cultural cleansing, and displacement by dams.

Nubians hope that their basic human rights get more attention from the civilized world. The international community has started recognizing the great humanitarian task shouldered by Mo Ibrahim Foundation to bring about hope to Africa through promoting "Good Governance" as the only way for Africa to advance and survive.

CONGRATULATIONS to the daughter of Nubia, Kandaka Hadeel Ibrahim.