Vol 51 No 23 | SUDAN Abyei waits 19th November 2010 Khartoum fights its corner over the Abyei referendum and outflanks the SPLM and the United States The devastated foundations of former buildings and burnt out lorries dot the town of Abyei, a haunting reminder to residents of the May 2008 attack which razed it...
Vol 51 No 22 | SUDAN The boom in Juba and its consequences 5th November 2010 Talk of war might be in the air but Juba is booming. Building sites are around every corner of South Sudan’s capital and so are foreign delegations and contract-wielding business people. Expecting independence next year, the South is marketing itself as a virgin land rich in oil, minerals and fertile soil. As one of the last remaining markets to open up to a world economy battling for natural resources, commercial and diplomatic interest is growing fast in the new state. The National Congress Party regime in Khartoum wants to delay January’s referenda on the status of the South and Abyei. Discussions about oil revenue and borders are unresolved...
Vol 51 No 22 | SUDAN Jarch Capital has friends in the South 5th November 2010 Last year, in Africa’s biggest land deal, Jarch Capital leased 400,000 hectares in Mayom County, Unity State, from one-time warlord Paulino Matiep Nhial’s family (AC Vol 50 No...
Vol 51 No 22 | SUDAN Khartoum’s new export trade 5th November 2010 The prospect of losing most of its oil income if the South becomes independent next year has galvanised the National Congress Party. As the Sudanese pound hurtles downwards...
Vol 51 No 21 | SUDAN Northern opposition faces increasing duress 22nd October 2010 Khartoum plays the national unity card to crack down on its many opponents in the North as a new movement is launched The prospect of independence for Southern Sudan after the referenda due in January is sharpening the cleavages in the Northern opposition. Many Northern oppositionists say their movement...
Vol 51 No 20 | SUDAN A New York divorce 8th October 2010 Positions are hardening in both Washington and Khartoum in the lead up to the referenda in the South and Abyei, due in January Within days of the United Nations' New York meeting on Sudan, the 15-member UN Security Council set off for Kampala, Juba and Khartoum. The 4-10 October trip, led...
Vol 51 No 19 | CHADSUDAN A new strategy for Darfur 24th September 2010 With all eyes on the South and preparations for January’s referendum, Khartoum has stepped up its attacks in Darfur As attention from Juba to New York focuses on January’s referenda in Abyei and the South, Khartoum is trying to build a new reality in Darfur, away from...
Vol 51 No 18 | KENYASUDAN A suspect at the parade 10th September 2010 In one fell swoop, the Khartoum government strengthens President Omer el Beshir and undermines the Nairobi government’s new constitution With arrest warrants for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity over his head, Sudan’s President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir does not often get the chance to...
Vol 51 No 18 | KENYASUDAN Wetangula – MP for Khartoum North 10th September 2010 Was the invitation to Sudan’s President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir for the promulgation of Kenya’s new constitution another attempt by the securocracy to frustrate a new dispensation?...
Vol 51 No 17 | SUDAN No referee for the referenda 27th August 2010 Khartoum is determined to block January’s referenda; the South is determined to hold them Four months before the scheduled referenda that would decide Sudan’s future borders, the ruling National Congress Party in Khartoum is now openly saying that a ‘credible’ referendum is...