Vol 4 (AAC) No 10 | SUDANCHINA A friend in need 31st August 2011 With most of Sudan’s known oil reserves now belonging to the South Sudan government in Juba, the Sudanese government needs China even more. For Beijing, though, Khartoum may now be...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 5 | SUDANCHINA A new nation 31st March 2011 Once an opponent of South Sudanese secession, then diplomatically agnostic, China is now making up for lost time in shoring up relations with the soon-to-be-independent Government of Southern...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 5 | SUDAN Salva Kiir Mayardit 31st March 2011 President, Southern Sudan Investors in Sudan’s oil wealth – China, Malaysia and India among them – closely watch Southern Sudan’s preparations for independence. The government has crucial decisions to take about...
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...