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 4 | MALISUDAN Jihadists from Mali in Darfur 15th February 2013 The arrival of the latest batch of foreign fighters complicates Khartoum’s tactical options The Khartoum regime’s ties with Islamists in the region are under scrutiny again following the arrival in Darfur of jihadists retreating from the French military campaign in northern...
Vol 54 No 4 | SUDANBRITAIN British military aid for Sudan 15th February 2013 The latest round of British military cooperation with Sudan under the aegis of its Defence Minister, General Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, who is wanted by the International Criminal...
Vol 54 No 3 | SUDAN Losing ground at the AU 1st February 2013 Despite the NCP’s intense efforts to court African governments, the African Union starts to pressure Khartoum The growing seriousness of the disputes between the Khartoum and Juba governments was clear at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa when Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan convened...
Vol 54 No 1 | SUDAN Khartoum in a corner 10th January 2013 Pressure will mount on the ruling party as its political and military opponents reorganise and the economy weakens Two pressing challenges – the failing economy and a more effective opposition – will confront the National Congress Party regime this year. There is no prospect of...
Vol 54 No 1 | SUDAN Omer el Beshir’s New Year’s Party 10th January 2013 Only one other head of state stood on the podium beside President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir on 1 January. That was President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia....
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...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 4 | SUDAN Ali Mahmoud Abdul Rasul 11th February 2013 Minister of Finance and National Economy, Sudan Finance Minister Ali Mahmoud Abdul Rasul announced on 17 January that his National Congress Party government had secured a US$1.5 billion loan from the state-run China Development Bank....
Vol 6 (AAC) No 2 | SUDAN Awad Ahmed el Jaz 4th December 2012 Petroleum Minister, Sudan Awad Ahmed el Jaz is a stalwart of the National Congress Party (formerly National Islamic Front, NIF), Sudan’s ruling party since 1989. He has played a critical role...
Vol 53 No 25 | SUDAN Sadig calls for regime change 14th December 2012 As pressure builds in Khartoum, the grand old man of the Umma Party tries to win back power The Prime Minister that the National Islamic Front (NIF) overthrew in 1989, El Sadig el Sideeg el Mahdi, sees a chance to win back power as conflict deepens...