Vol 6 (AAC) No 7 | SOUTH SUDANCHINA Financing deals finally take off 2nd May 2013 More eye-catching Chinese loans to South Sudan hit the headlines in April, as did more uncertainty about what exactly has been agreed. A year to the day since...
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 53 No 23 | SOUTH SUDAN Juba runs out of patience 16th November 2012 The governing party cracks down on critics at home as its negotiations with Khartoum continue to frustrate The prospect of oil exports resuming in the next few weeks and the economic boost that brings should have cheered President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s government. However, long-term improvements...
Vol 53 No 22 | SOUTH SUDAN Juba jitters 2nd November 2012 Security is still being tightened after coup rumours, along with discontent triggered by the 27 September agreements with Sudan. The arrest of a senior Sudan People’s Liberation Army...
Vol 53 No 20 | SOUTH SUDANANALYSIS The grand corruption trap 5th October 2012 The nine agreements signed between the Khartoum and Juba governments on 27 September will throw the focus back on to the appalling living conditions in both states. The agreements include a deal on resuming oil production in South Sudan. Economic conditions in both countries worsened sharply after Juba halted oil production in January in protest at what it said was massive cheating by the Khartoum regime on arrangements to share oil revenue and the charges that Juba paid to export its oil via Port Sudan Expectations are high that restarting oil production in South Sudan will provide an economic boost to both Sudans. How much of a boost depends on how far governance...
Vol 53 No 20 | SOUTH SUDAN First steps to stopping the stealing 5th October 2012 A serious campaign to stem corruption will require a regulatory framework. In December 2009, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) published the Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption...
Vol 53 No 20 | SOUTH SUDAN Jonglei flashpoint 5th October 2012 The Khartoum regime was air dropping supplies to rebel militia in South Sudan as its negotiators prepared to sign the 27 September peace agreements with Juba, the United...
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 17 | SOUTH SUDAN Blaming the outsiders 24th August 2012 Economic crisis has fuelled anti-government protest in Sudan but in South Sudan, it has fuelled hostility to outsiders, real and imagined. Police in Jonglei State descend on aid agencies and businesses...
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...
