Agreement has been reached by the Melik Society and National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM) to set up the Nile Foundation for the purpose of restoring the Gunboat MELIK and the Armed Steamer BORDEIN and giving them new roles to attract visitors to the Sudan. NCAM has been responsible for Sudan’s extensive heritage since Independence in 1956. The Agreement was signed in London at the Sudan Embassy today in the presence of the Minister of Culture, HE Mohamed Yusef Abdullah, HM Ambassador (Khartoum) HE Ian Cliff OBE and the Sudanese Ambassador, HE Omer Siddig.