Vol 52 No 8 | SUDANISRAEL Hosting Hamas 15th April 2011 Khartoum’s hopes of removal from the United States’ state sponsors of terrorism list took a knock on 5 April when Israel bombed a vehicle near Port Sudan, killing two. Independent ...
Vol 52 No 7 | SUDAN The scramble for the South 1st April 2011 A spate of secret and exploitative land deals may cause instability and more economic hardship in the new state Almost 10% of the land in South Sudan, due to win its formal independence on 9 July, has been sold or leased to foreign and local companies, according to a new report. Foreign inve...
Vol 52 No 7 | SUDAN Mr. Smile and the militias 1st April 2011 After years of regime denials, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail effectively admitted this week that the National Congress Party (NCP) arms militias in Southern Sudan. ‘We ...
Vol 52 No 7 | SUDAN Some land lease agreements 1st April 2011 Management/Leac for Agriculture and Investment: The most controversial deal in South Sudan is a the 400,000-hectare joint venture in Mayom County, Unity State, of United States’ f...
Vol 52 No 6 | SUDANUNITED STATES Questions on terror 18th March 2011 Just as the United States was preparing to remove the Sudan regime from its State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) list, Khartoum has a hosted a conference of international Islamists...
Vol 52 No 5 | SUDAN Democracy heads south 4th March 2011 Political tactics or public relations? The announcement of President Omer’s exit points to jitters in the ruling National Congress Party The prospect of President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir stepping down reflects the ruling National Congress Party’s dilemma over how to tackle growing domestic and regional call...
Vol 52 No 4 | SUDAN Militia massacres 18th February 2011 The death of perhaps 200 people this month, mainly civilian returnees, in attacks in Jonglei State, Southern Sudan, show the havoc that one militia can wreak. This militia is led b...
Vol 52 No 3 | SUDAN Through the looking glass 4th February 2011 There are growing concerns about the two million Southerners living in the north after last month's vote for separation Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of Africa's newest state in July, was in demand at the 24-31 January African Union summit in Addis Ababa. In the AU conference centre, he was court...
Vol 52 No 3 | SUDAN Militia attacks on the border 4th February 2011 Brutal attacks last month by armed militias on convoys of Southern Sudanese returning from the North show the security crisis in the borderlands and the danger of war over Abyei ...
Vol 52 No 2 | SUDAN Birth of a nation 21st January 2011 After the jubilation of the referendum vote, six months of tough negotiation and rough politics will lead up to the birth of independent Southern Sudan Joy reigned from Australia to North America and all over Sudan, especially in the 2,600 polling stations where over 3.9 million people voted in the South, as the independence refer...