Vol 54 No 13 | SOUTH SUDAN New investors, armed and dangerous 17th June 2013 Juba's search for investment dollars has attracted disgraced European politicians and American military entrepreneurs Now styling himself an 'independent financial analyst', Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in Juba on 14 May to help highlight the launch of the National Credit Bank. Before falling from...
Vol 54 No 13 | SUDANSOUTH SUDAN Turning the oil taps on and off again 17th June 2013 Khartoum's latest threat to shut down South Sudan's oil pipeline may look like political retaliation against the Juba government but it was prompted by a growing internal crisis in Sudan Just as oil had just started to flow again from South Sudan to Sudan, after months of negotiations and external pressure, Sudan's President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir...
Vol 54 No 13 | SOUTH SUDAN Unhappy anniversary 17th June 2013 This time Khartoum turns off Juba's oil taps in a move that will damage both countries' economies and escalate tensions across the border The meeting between Khartoum's hawkish Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Kurti and China's Africa envoy Zhong Jianhua on 16 June over Sudan's plans to cut South Sudan's export pipeline...
Vol 54 No 13 | SOUTH SUDAN Ruling by decree 21st June 2013 President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s sacking of Cabinet Affairs Minister Deng Alor Kuol and Finance Minister Kosti Manibe Ngai on 18 June has prompted puzzlement and some hostility in...
Vol 54 No 11 | SOUTH SUDAN Reverses in Jonglei 24th May 2013 The conflict in Jonglei looks set to intensify despite the Juba government offering rebels an amnesty. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reports heavy fighting in...
Vol 54 No 7 | SOUTH SUDANOIL AND GAS After they open the taps 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 The Juba government ‘has given the order to resume oil production and companies are now making preparations to do so,’ a source close to the negotiations with Sudan...
Vol 54 No 7 | SOUTH SUDANOIL AND GAS What Juba gets from the oil deal 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,...
Vol 54 No 6 | SUDANSOUTH SUDAN Tap dancing 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...
Vol 54 No 3 | SOUTH SUDAN Salva changes the guard 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....
Vol 54 No 1 | SOUTH SUDAN Let them eat fish 10th January 2013 Oil may start flowing again but it will take more than that to rescue a weak economy and internal feuds will continue South Sudanese will have to wait longer for their peace dividend. The main prospects for 2013 are more fraught negotiations with Khartoum on security and oil and most...