Sudan

Sudan

Population: 42.3 million
GDP: $543000 million
Debt: $81.3% of GDP
Overview:

A pivotal year with local, parliamentary and presidential elections in April, ahead of the 2011 referendum on independence for Southern Sudan. The armed stalemate in Darfur and fresh fighting in the east look ominous.

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  • Vol 51 No 3
  • 05/02/2010

Southern leaders compete for a new state

There are fears that the thrice-delayed national elections, now due on 8 April, could trigger an escalation of fighting in Darfur and the South, given the probability that few will accept the results as free and fair. The Khartoum regime has failed to imp...

  • Vol 51 No 3
  • 05/02/2010

Three leaders who count in the South

Salva Kiir Mayardit, President, Government of South Sudan, Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, GOSS Vice-President, and Paulino Matip Nhial, Lieutenant General, SPLA-SSDF.

  • Vol 51 No 1
  • 08/01/2010

Vote early, vote often

This year’s elections and constitutional negotiations will test the Islamist clique which has held power since the 1989 putsch

  • Vol 50 No 25
  • 18/12/2009

North and South protest against the NCP election plan

Demonstrators demand political reforms before the 2010 elections

  • Vol 50 No 23
  • 20/11/2009

UN investigators challenge Khartoum

A UN report says the Darfur war is far from over and Khartoum is the main protagonist and procurer of arms

  • Vol 50 No 21
  • 23/10/2009

Washington unveils its new policy as tension rises throughout Sudan

Amid a spreading feeling at home and abroad that Sudan may be at a crossroads, the United States announced its long-postponed policy. This departs from the usual cautious diplomacy of interested governments by leaving the National Congress Party in no dou...

  • Vol 50 No 20
  • 08/10/2009

Opposition in search of unity

The Northern opposition and the SPLM combine to pressure the Khartoum government on elections and human rights

  • Vol 50 No 19
  • 25/09/2009

Hybrid justice

The African Union Panel of Experts is to propose the establishment of 'hybrid courts' - which would include both Sudanese and international judges - to try those accused of war crimes in Darfur, Africa Confidential has learned. The Panel has conclude...

  • Vol 50 No 18
  • 11/09/2009

Khartoum pressures Southern Sudan over oil

Oil figures suggest that Khartoum is cheating the South of revenue and threatening the increasingly fragile peace

  • Vol 50 No 18
  • 11/09/2009

Khartoum and Beijing disagree

There are mismatches between Khartoum's oil figures and those of the CNPC

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