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 told Africa Con...
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, are expected to take ‘abo...
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 governments agreed on 12 March o...
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. The idea is to...
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 people will f...
Vol 54 No 1 | SOUTH SUDAN Falling foreign support 10th 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...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 12 | SOUTH SUDANCHINA Wooing Juba 1st October 2013 Talks about a loan worth US$1-2 billion and finance for mining and energy projects show the growing strength of relations Diplomats from Beijing continue their courtship of the South Sudan government, with substantive talks about new billion-dollar loans and promises of Chinese diplomatic support. All...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 7 | SOUTH SUDANCHINA Financing deals finally take off 2nd May 2013 More eye-catching Chinese loans to South Sudan hit the headlines in April, as did more uncertainty about what exactly has been agreed. A year to the day since South Sudan’s Preside...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | SUDANSOUTH SUDANCHINA Triangular relations 4th April 2013 China may be a weapon which Khartoum and Juba use in their conflicts but oil interests lock all three parties into a triangular relationship On 15 March, President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir sent a message of congratulations to China’s new President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang, who officially assumed power...