Sudan and South Sudan must build on recent talks between their leaders to resolve disputes that brought them to the brink of war this year or face a “rapid downward economic spiral,” the U.S.’s top Africa diplomat said. President Salva Kiir’s meeting with Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir on July 14 in Addis Ababa was a “significant” step toward reaching an accord on outstanding issues including oil- transit fees and disputed territory, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson said in an interview in Ethiopia’s capital yesterday.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-18/u-dot-s-dot-urges-sudan-south-sudan-to-talk-or-face-economic-turmoil
S. Sudan: Billions lost in fake contracts, inflated payrolls
Unspecified billions of taxpayers’ money went unaccounted for in 2008, either through dubious award of contracts to unregistered companies or inflated payrolls in South Sudan government ministries and agencies, an audit report of its financial statements reveal. The report, which covers nine specific areas, was unveiled before lawmakers by the Auditor General on 16 July. It looks at budget execution, oil revenue, non-oil revenue, payroll expenditure, internal control and maintenance of asset registers, bank and cash accounts, operating, procurement and expenditures.
http://www.sudantribune.com/S-Sudan-Billions-lost-in-fake,43293
Sudan: Presidential Summit – Salva Kiir Offers Money and Kordofan Conflict Resolution
Khartoum — In his last Saturday meeting in Addis Ababa with President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayadrit offered financial support and mediation to end South Kordofan and Blue Nile conflicts. Salva Kiir during the meeting offered financial support to help Khartoum to overcome the severe economic crisis Sudan is experiencing since one year ago, according to different sources and confidential documents seen by Sudan Tribune. He further proposed South Sudan mediation to end the one-year conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile with the rebels of Sudan people’s Liberation Movement- North (SPLM-N) which was part of South Sudan ruling party before the independence.
http://www.sudantribune.com/Sudans-Presidential-Summit-Salva,43294
South Sudan runner bids for independent place
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – A refugee from Sudan’s civil war who became a top distance runner after moving to the United States is fighting for last-minute permission to compete in the London Olympics as an independent athlete. Guor Marial, 28, who was born in …
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US Urges Sudan, South Sudan to Talk or Face Economic Turmoil
Businessweek
South Sudan seceded from Sudan in July 2011, taking with it about 75 percent of Sudan’s oil production. In January, South Sudan halted 350000 barrels a day of crude shipments because of a disagreement on how much it should pay for the fuel to be …
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South Sudan
The Economist
ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU, a winner of the Nobel prize for peace, was the guest of honour at South Sudan’s first birthday party on July 9th where he gave a sermon calling for peace. Stop fighting and wealth will follow, he told the young nation’s leaders… |
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Voice of America – Jul 16, 2012
After the shutdown in oil production in January, which accounted for 98 percent of South Sudan’s revenue, Kirr said the government had to make dramatic cuts. South Sudan has 59 ministers and deputy ministers at the national level alone.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle – Jul 17, 2012
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir attends the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sunday, July 15, 2012. / The Associated Press Happy Birthday South Sudan! One year ago this month, South Sudan became the world’s newest nation.
AllAfrica.com – Jul 17, 2012
2 deadline, the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan over the weekend engaged in their first direct talks since hostilities spiked in late April. But on Monday, observers here in Washington warned that the framework for the talks remains too narrow, …
Tripoli Post –
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardit will hold another meeting under the auspices of the African Union on Saturday in an effort to resolve the outstanding issues between the two countries.
UPI.com – Jul 17, 2012
JUBA, South Sudan, July 17 (UPI) — There’s “no problem” in resuming oil production in South Sudan should the government in Khartoum respect southern finances, a negotiator said. South Sudanese and Sudanese leaders met last weekend to discuss issues …
Financial Times – Jul 17, 2012
The best customers are not those after the shining necklaces that fill display cases, but Sudan’s own central bank, ravenous for ingots to exchange for hard currency. When South Sudan seceded last year, it took three quarters of the country’s oil …
Al-Bawaba – Jul 17, 2012
Sudan foreign minister denied that Sudan and South Sudan have reached an agreement over pipeline transit fees during the one-to-one meeting between presidents Omer Al-Bashir and Salva Kiir on Saturday. Ali Ahmed Karti told reporters in Khartoum, …
Think Africa Press –
An oil worker in Unity State, which was previously part of Sudan but is now in South Sudan. Photograph by the Enough Project. What started as a student movement against spending cuts in Khartoum a month ago has since spread to other segments of the …
AllAfrica.com –
Khartoum — In his last Saturday meeting in Addis Ababa with President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir, South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayadrit offered financial support and mediation to end South Kordofan and Blue Nile conflicts. The one-to-one meeting was …
Al-Bawaba – Jul 17, 2012
Sudan, which is under US economic sanctions, lost an important portion of its oil revenue after the independence of South Sudan a year ago. Also, the failure to agree with its new neighbour on fees of oil transportation has deprived Khartoum from …
BusinessLIVE – Jul 15, 2012
An economic crisis aggravated by the secession of oil-producing South Sudan a year ago has fueled sharp increases in food and other prices in Sudan, stoking discontent against the government of veteran President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
Sudan Vision – Jul 16, 2012
Khartoum – The Sudanese Government said it would not engage South Sudan on oil dossier before security issues are settled. Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ali Karti told reporters yesterday that the meeting between President Al Bashir and President Kiir would …
AllAfrica.com –
The secession of mostly non-Muslim South Sudan a year ago sparked predictions that Sudan, which hosted former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in the 1990s, would start implementing Islamic law more strictly. In a speech to leaders of the mystical …
Voice of America –
The protests may be small in Sudan, but they are far from over. Two protests turned violent today; one at Khartoum University, the other at Sudan University south of the Sudanesecapital. When Khartoum University students went to the Vice Chancellor’s …
Saudi Gazette – Jul 16, 2012
For the presidents of Sudan and South Sudan the challenge is particularly daunting. Sudanese leader Omar Al-Bashir shook hands the other day with his South Sudanese opposite number, Salva Kiir in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
Reuters Africa –
Sudan is suffering a severe economic crisis, resulting from the loss of much of its oil when South Sudan broke away and became independent a year ago. Year on year inflation was 37.2 percent in June, double the rate of June 2011, adding to the …
