Deputy PM opens workshop for Darfur parties

Deputy PM opens workshop for Darfur parties

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Mahmoud yesterday opened a workshop in Doha in which Sudan’s Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Mediation Support Team of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) are participating. The delegation of the Sudanese group, which is currently engaged in peace talks with the Sudanese government, is headed by its deputy, Arko Suleiman Dahia. Acting head of UNAMID Aichatou Mindaoudou Souleymane is also attending the workshop. The four-day workshop aims to build the capacity of JEM delegation and explain the provisions of the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur, which received the support of the Darfur people as well as the international community and regional and international organisations.Top GCC officials to attend FATCA symposium

Financial institutions in the Gulf region need to start preparing to comply with the upcoming US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), global consultants KPMG has said.“The requirements for FATCA compliance have recently been made more specific, and despite an extension to the deadline for compliance, financial institutions need to start preparing from now. As a consequence it is in the interests of all financial institutions, whether they have the US account holders or not, to better understand the FATCA regulations and their potential  implications,” KPMG Partner and head of Financial Services Omar Mahmood said, while extending the support to FATCA symposium to be held on Monday at Ritz-Carlton.The FATCA symposium ‘Risks and Challenges for Financial Services’ – supported by Qatar Central Bank, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority and Qatar Financial Markets Authority –  will discuss the regional implications of the FATCA on the financial services industry in Qatar and the GCC as whole.Participants will include, among others, Qatar’s regulators and senior government officials from the GCC and abroad