- Vol 54 No 7
- 29th March 2013
The 12 March deal between Juba and Khartoum now looks as if will restore South Sudan’s major source of government income – oil
- Vol 54 No 7
- 29th March 2013
Oil production from Unity State is expected to begin in ‘about three weeks’, said a source close to the deal on 12 March. Fields in Upper Nile, meanwhile, are expected to take ‘about seven weeks’ to come on stream. When the first agreement on resuming oil...
- Vol 54 No 6
- 15th March 2013
There is widespread optimism that oil will soon again flow from South Sudan to Sudan after a 14-month break since Juba turned off the tap. The two governments agreed on 12 March on a ‘matrix’ to implement the deals they had already signed last September....
- Vol 54 No 3
- 1st February 2013
In a sudden and sweeping military reshuffle, President Salva Kiir Mayardit retired six deputy chiefs of general staff and 29 major generals by decree on 21 January. The idea is to transform the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) from a guerrilla force...
- Vol 54 No 1
- 11th January 2013
Oil may start flowing again but it will take more than that to rescue a weak economy and internal feuds will continue
- Vol 54 No 1
- 11th January 2013
Juba’s failure to react to its shrinking reservoir of international goodwill was illustrated firstly, by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army shooting down a helicopter of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan on 21 December, and secondly, by its respon...
- Vol 53 No 23
- 16th November 2012
The governing party cracks down on critics at home as its negotiations with Khartoum continue to frustrate
- Vol 53 No 22
- 2nd November 2012
Security is still being tightened after coup rumours, along with discontent triggered by the 27 September agreements with Sudan. The arrest of a senior Sudan People’s Liberation Army officer, Major General Simon Gatwech Duel, a Lou Nuer from Uror County, ...
- Vol 53 No 20
- 5th October 2012
The nine agreements signed between the Khartoum and Juba governments on 27 September will throw the focus back on to the appalling living conditions in both states. The agreements include a deal on resuming oil production in South Sudan. Economic conditio...
- Vol 53 No 20
- 5th October 2012
A serious campaign to stem corruption will require a regulatory framework. In December 2009, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) published the Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption Strategy, 2010-14, which states that it ‘recognises that corrupt...