Vol 4 (AAC) No 2 | SUDANCHINA Beijing’s balancing act 27th December 2010 Usually a supporter of territorial integrity, Beijing is making plans to adapt to the prospect of an oil-rich and independent Southern Sudan Sudan is set to split into two next year, and China – the Khartoum regime’s most important international backer – is stuck in the middle. Under the 2005...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 1 | SUDANCHINA Bullets over Darfur 18th November 2010 China has breached the United Nations arms embargo on Darfur by failing to ‘take the necessary measures to prevent the supply of arms and related materiel of all...
Vol 51 No 25 | SUDAN The bombing of Kiir Adem 17th December 2010 Khartoum’s deadly bombardment of a border village shows growing desperation at the prospects of Southern succession next year Three weeks before the referendum on Southern Sudan, it is clear that the scheduled simultaneous vote on the Abyei area’s future will not go ahead on 9 January....
Vol 51 No 24 | SUDAN Abyei's protocol problems 3rd December 2010 Abyei is still waiting, while Southerners register for their own referendum The National Congress Party (NCP) carried its brinkmanship beyond the 30 November deadline set by Abyei's Dinka Ngok leaders – and the requisite Referendum Commission had still not been set up....
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...