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- Vol 51 No 17
- 27/08/2010
No referee for the referenda
Khartoum is determined to block January’s referenda; the South is determined to hold them
- Vol 51 No 17
- 27/08/2010
Strategy of sabotage
The National Congress Party employs a variety of tactics to sabotage January’s referenda. Because a 60% quorum (of a still undefined electorate) is needed and a 51% vote for or against, every NCP move counts.
- Vol 51 No 16
- 06/08/2010
Under no circumstances
When Awad Ahmed el Jaz told a National Congress Party youth meeting on 1 August that the separation of the South 'cannot be allowed under any circumstances', it was no slip of the tongue. He is one of the NCP's key leaders. On 31 July, Presidential Sec...
- Vol 51 No 15
- 23/07/2010
Khartoum's most wanted
The first test for the International Criminal Court's 12 July arrest warrant for genocide against President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir is his visit to Ndjamena this week. Chad ratified its ICC membership in 2006 and is legally bound to arrest him. Be...
- Vol 51 No 15
- 23/07/2010
Secret talks
Egypt has quietly accepted that Southern Sudanese may choose independence in January's referendum in return for assurances that the Juba government will not abandon the 1959 Nile Waters Agreement, Africa Confidential understands.
- Vol 51 No 13
- 25/06/2010
Crisis cabinets
The new teams in Khartoum and Juba will face a tense six months before the referendum – and the threat of a war that some want and many expect
- Vol 51 No 13
- 25/06/2010
The international agenda
The most dramatic military-security appointment is of Ali Ahmed Kurti as full Foreign Affairs Minister (he was previously State Minister). He is best known for establishing the Popular Defence Forces, the partly press-ganged but increasingly volunteer Isl...
- Vol 51 No 12
- 11/06/2010
Flash point Southern Kordofan
Amid complaints of Khartoum’s meddling and the SPLM’s betrayal, how South Kordofan reacts will be critical to the referenda in January
- Vol 51 No 12
- 11/06/2010
Militias of the new age
In the seven short months before January’s independence referendum, militias in the South’s oil-producing areas – Upper Nile, Jonglei and Unity states – will be one of the main challenges facing the Government of South Sudan. Many believe the warlords ...
- Vol 51 No 12
- 11/06/2010
Oily alliances
A new oil consortium operating in Darfur brings together private Arab, Gabonese and Libyan state interests and companies close to Khartoum’s ruling National Congress Party. It also raises serious questions about conflicts of interest among would-be med...
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