Vol 53 No 23 | SUDANCHINABRITAIN Sanctions bypass 16th November 2012 China has quietly joined countries implementing sanctions against Khartoum, we hear. This may not reduce Beijing’s substantial arms exports to Khartoum but it is making life difficult for...
Vol 53 No 22 | SUDANISRAEL Target Khartoum 2nd November 2012 Israel’s attack on a Khartoum arms factory highlights its tougher line in Africa and Sudan’s growing ties with Iran Taken by surprise, Khartoum officials at first offered contradictory explanations for the devastating attack on the El Yarmouk arms factory in Khartoum at around midnight on 23-24 October....
Vol 53 No 22 | SUDAN Khartoum’s military-industrial complex 2nd November 2012 Africa Confidential has identified five operational military factories in or near the Three Towns capital of Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum North (Bahri).
Vol 53 No 21 | SUDAN Abyei arrangement 19th October 2012 Khartoum’s National Congress Party regime wants to use the diplomatic plaudits following its compromises on the oil-sharing deal on 17 September with South Sudan to win...
Vol 53 No 18 | SUDANSOUTH SUDAN Politics over oil 7th September 2012 Another round of talks may stave off hostilities but is unlikely to yield a credible border security agreement by the 22 September deadline Much hard negotiating lies ahead between Juba and Khartoum after talks restarted on 4 September, following a month’s delay for the funeral of Ethiopian Premier Meles Zenawi and...
Vol 53 No 16 | SUDANSOUTH SUDAN The anti-sanctions race 3rd August 2012 Negotiations are likely to drag on, despite UN efforts to pressure both Juba and Khartoum and the threat of a return to all-out war As the 2 August deadline imposed by the United Nations Security Council loomed, Khartoum and Juba vied to be seen as the least obstructive government at their...
Vol 53 No 16 | SUDAN Sudan under protest 3rd August 2012 The killing of several student demonstrators in Nyala, the South Darfur capital, on 31 July has given Sudan's opposition its martyrs. That was what Khartoum had wanted to...
Vol 53 No 14 | SUDAN Protestors’ pressure mounts 6th July 2012 The National Congress Party spent the 23rd anniversary of the 30 June coup, which brought it to power as the National Islamic Front, suppressing public...
Vol 53 No 13 | SUDAN No horizon 22nd June 2012 Though this week’s protests in the capital were ostensibly against austerity measures, demonstrators were calling for the government’s overthrow: ‘Khartoum rise up, rise up, we won’t be ruled...
Vol 53 No 11 | SUDANSOUTH SUDAN Sanctions threat drives talks 25th May 2012 Juba scrambles to regain the diplomatic initiative ahead of a new round of talks on oil and security with Khartoum Economic and diplomatic pressures will probably push the governments of Juba and Khartoum back to negotiations on oil and border issues before the end of May. This follows...