Vol 53 No 6 | SUDAN Khartoum rewrites history 16th March 2012 Despite bombing civilians, the National Congress Party (NCP) has some success abroad in the propaganda war, persuading governments to accept its version of events: that the Sudan People’s...
Vol 53 No 3 | SUDANSOUTH SUDAN The South goes for sovereignty 3rd February 2012 Juba turns off the oil and turns up the pressure in its fraught negotiations with Khartoum over oil, cash, security and citizenship Few outside the Juba government had expected it to start shutting down oil production on 22 January. Warnings from the Government of South Sudan had been widely seen...
Vol 53 No 3 | SUDANSOUTH SUDAN Who pays the pipeline 3rd February 2012 Whatever the outcome of the oil talks between the Khartoum and Juba governments, the current crisis has focused thinking on southward leading pipelines. Industry and diplomatic opinion is...
Vol 53 No 2 | SUDAN Drop the pilot 20th January 2012 A letter to the National Congress Party has emerged this week from some 1,000 Islamist activists, including Salafists, secretly egged on by Hassan el Turabi, we hear. It...
Vol 53 No 1 | SUDAN The future is military 6th January 2012 The main question this year is how far Khartoum will pursue militarism to compensate for its loss of the South Billboards in Khartoum celebrate the regime’s military prowess and its increasingly bellicose tactics against the newly independent South. Massive pictures of the President, Field Marshal Omer Hassan Ahmed...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANCHINABRIEFING Going with the flow 2nd October 2012 After months of talks, Sudan and South Sudan have signed agreements that should allow South Sudan to resume oil production. The 27 September deal came after...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 11 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANASIA Getting the oil to flow again 3rd September 2012 Chinese oil companies have been involved in the talks between Juba and Khartoum but Beijing still prefers quiet, behind-the-scenes pressure There is a surprising mood of optimism amongst politicians and oil company officials in Juba as South Sudan and Sudan enter the latest round of negotiations on oil...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 7 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANCHINA Beijing faces both ways 4th May 2012 Pressure is mounting on President Hu Jintao’s government to use its commercial ties with Juba and Khartoum for constructive diplomacy South Sudan’s government and ruling party have welcomed the billions of dollars in promised investment that resulted from President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s April visit to Beijing, but they...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 7 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANCHINA Eight billion dollars, a mike and no peace 4th May 2012 Border clashes between Sudan and South Sudan brought an early close to Salva Kiir Mayardit’s trip to China, originally due to end on 28 April. After a session...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 4 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANCHINA Workers safe but oil at risk 10th February 2012 Oil rows and workers caught in the crossfire force Beijing to develop political and military tools to accompany its ever-growing economic muscle Sudan and South Sudan are dragging a reluctant China into their smouldering relations at a time when both sides say the situation is on the brink of open...