Christopher Jenkins' short documentary about our work in South Sudan will be featured at the Santa Barbara 2012 International Film Festival end of this month.
Sudan News
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South Sudan: New Pipeline Alternatives
South Sudan’s acting ambassador to the United Nations said his country wanted to build pipelines through Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti to ship its oil amid a pipeline dispute with Sudan.
For South Sudan Woman, Misery on Both Sides of the Border
In Sudan, Seeing Echoes of Darfur
Sudan and South Sudan Fail to End Oil Dispute
South Sudan: Sudan Accused in Blast
South Sudan accused Sudan on Tuesday of bombing the disputed border town of Jau, killing four soldiers and breaking a nonaggression pact signed last week.
South Sudan: Why Things Fall Apart
South Sudan shows complex crises left to fester for decades are seldom fixed with a sudden burst of action.
Sudans’ Oil Feud Risks Shattering a Fragile Peace
South Sudan Gains Membership
South Sudan was admitted as a member of the Confederation of African Football, becoming the world’s newest soccer nation. South Sudan gained independence in April 2011.
Sudan and South Sudan: The mother of all divorces
UK Only Article:
standard article
Issue:
How to set Syria free
Fly Title:
Sudan and South Sudan
Rubric:
And still they row about their split
Location:
KHARTOUM
SIX months after the two Sudans formally split into separate countries they are still haggling over the divorce settlement. The tense negotiations, often accompanied by violent clashes along their border, are being described in both capitals as an “oil war” since the main prize is petroleum revenues. Recent South Sudanese threats to cut the north out of them completely have made a return to sustained conflict a real possibility. Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, said war is nearer than peace.
When South Sudan seceded last July following decades of civil war, it took with it three-quarters of the old country’s daily production of around 480,000 barrels. But its only way of getting the oil to market is via the north, which has pipelines, refineries and export terminals.
Talks over how much South Sudan should pay in transit fees have yielded no ...
Rebels Free Chinese Workers in Sudan, Red Cross Says
The more than two dozen construction workers were abducted in late January during a road project near the Sudan-South Sudan border.
