Despite clashes, oil shutdown is bad for South Sudan

Ahmed Kodouda 1 April 2012

The South Sudanese government recently decided to stop oil production in retaliation against actions taken by the Sudanese government in Khartoum. While on the surface it seems a wise decision, upon closer examination it has resulted in serious and harmful effects on the government and the South Sudanese people.

What will it take to end the conflict with the LRA?

Kennedy Tumutegyereize 15 March 2012

Ending the violence and insecurity perpetrated by the Lord's Resistance Army is more about empowering civil society and developing local solutions across many countries than about keeping US military advisers in Northern Uganda. The youthful, Western attention brought to the issue by Invisible Children and #Kony2012 is not in itself a solution

The US needs to rethink its strategy with Sudan

Elfadil Ibrahim 14 February 2012
After the secession of South Sudan the Sudanese ruling National Congress Party seeks to strengthen ties with the United States and the west. Any attempt to reform the NCP will fail for now so Washington has no choice but to re-engage with the regime in Khartoum

The death of Khalil Ibrahim: what it doesn't mean for peace in Darfur

Elfadil Ibrahim 29 December 2011
The likely future of the JEM without Khalil Ibrahim is fragmentation and eventual disintegration

Why the ‘Arab Spring’ hasn’t reached Sudan

Elfadil Ibrahim 6 December 2011
What is it about the nation in Libya and Egypt’s own backyards, which in the face of poorer and worsening conditions, continues to be characterised by a culture of complacency?

On the record: women in South Kordofan

Amel Gorani 14 November 2011

The majority of voters in the South Kordofan election in May 2011 were women. In the violence that ensued, women activists who had mobilised the women to vote were targeted, their offices destroyed and all record of their work erased from history. Zeinab Blandia told Amel Gorani their story

Sudan’s hidden victims: an international test

Gerry Simpson 4 November 2011
A neglected humanitarian disaster is unfolding in the Sudanese border region of Southern Kordofan. The tens of thousands bombed, displaced, blockaded and starved need the world’s attention, says Gerry Simpson.

Supreme Court orders inquiry into ethnic violence in Karachi

Josephine Whitaker 30 August 2011
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Algeria bomb attack. Sudan announces ceasefire in South Kordofan. Up to 160 killed in Turkish attacks on Northern Iraq. Boko Haram claims responsibility for UN attack. All this and more in today's security briefing...

After South Sudan: integrating Africa

Adam Hyde 22 August 2011
The battle for ideas, for allegiance, for identity has gone on in Africa as it has everywhere. Breaking up existing state territories in Africa would be at least as arbitrary as when imperial powers did so at the Berlin conference in 1888.

Civilians bombed in Sudan border state

Josephine Whitaker 19 July 2011
Civilians bombed in Sudan border state. British army cut, reserves bolstered. Yemeni security forces begin offensive to retake Zinjibar. First Afghan province handed over to local forces. Court orders withdrawal from Cambodian temple. All this and more in today’s security briefing...

Reflections on South Sudan’s independence

Eskinder Nega 12 July 2011
Whatever dangers lie ahead, and they are legion, the emergence of an independent South Sudan is cause for celebration.

Sudan secession: resolving divisions?

Fatin Abbas 8 July 2011

South Sudan celebrates its independence this week, becoming the world's newest nation. But the festering divisions that are likely to haunt the north and South for the foreseeable future beg the question: will secession succeed in providing stability for the long-oppressed citizens of these two countries?

Sudan: a lonely road for women MPs in opposition

Sara Abbas 8 July 2011
With the secession of South Sudan on July 9th, North Sudan returns to a familiar and depressing status quo - one party rule. With the elimination of southern constituency seats in Sudan’s National Assembly, only five women members of parliament remain in the opposition. Sara Abbas spoke to two of them

Rapprochement across the Taiwan Strait

Humayun Saleem 22 June 2011
China and Taiwan seek to increase economic exchanges by allowing individuals to travel from Mainland China to Taiwan. Pakistani and Indian foreign secretaries are set to meet in Islamabad. Sudan and South Sudan reach Abeyi deal, and Syria’s Assad makes new promises to reform. All this in today’s security briefing.

With eye to US, post-bin Laden Pakistan turns to 'all-weather' friend China

Radu Nikolaus Botez 8 June 2011
Pakistan and China hail their relationship during a recent state visit of Pakistani prime minister Yousaf Gilani to Beijing. In Sudan, fighting between Northern and Southern armed forces in the contested border region intensifies. India buys transport aircraft from the US in the highest value military contract between the two countries. Russia cancels joint military exercises with India. All in today's Security Briefing.

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Niki Seth-Smith is a freelance journalist and co-editor of OurKingdom.

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