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The articles below are the most recent additions to the Sudan category of Africa InfoServ. To read an article, click on its title. To see more Sudan articles or to search a particular topic, click on Africa Archive. Articles marked with a magnifying glass ( Longer, analytical article. ) are longer, more analytical pieces.

1. Will China help out the West in Sudan?
Author: Peter Lee Date Written: 28 February 2012
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: Asia Times
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://www.atimes.com/
Key Words: oil, economy, China

Summary & Comment: "...perhaps only China has the deep pockets and appetite for risk to buy the world’s way out of its Sudan problem: a problem created largely by Western fecklessness...." GK
2. Longer, analytical article. Growing trend: Sudanese government targets student activists
Author: The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies Date Written: 2 February 2012
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: SUDANJEM.com
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://www.sudanjem.com/
Key Words: youth, revolution, protest, human rights

Summary & Comment: "On 25 January 2012, five members of Grifina, a non-violent youth led resistance movement, were arrested in Sudan. These arrests give evidence of a government campaign targeting youth activists." GK
3. Sudan, South Sudan crisis ’major threat’ to peace: United Nations chief
Author: Jenny Vaughan Date Written: 2 February 2012
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: AFP
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/
Key Words: oil, economy, UN, al-Bashir

Summary & Comment: "UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Sunday a crisis between former enemies Sudan and South Sudan has become a major threat to regional peace and security." GK
4. Longer, analytical article. Sudan/South Sudan: A lose-lose scenario
Author: Various Date Written: 30 January 2012
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: AfricaFocus Bulletin
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://www.africafocus.org/
Key Words: oil, economy

Summary & Comment: "This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains a short op-ed commentary by Alex de Waal, an adviser to the African Union mediation team on Sudan, and excerpts from the transcript of a teleconference with Princeton Lyman, the U.S. special envoy on Sudan. Both reflect the African and international consensus urging both sides to compromise." GK
5. South Sudan demands border deal before restarting oil
Author: Hereward Holland & Aaron Maasho Date Written: 29 January 2012
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: Reuters
Secondary Category: Resource Extraction Source URL: http://www.reuters.com/
Key Words: oil, economy, Sudan, export

Summary & Comment: "South Sudan has totally shut down oil output in a row with Sudan over export transit fees and will only restart after the two reach a deal covering border security and the disputed Abyei region, its oil minister said on Sunday." GK
6. United Nations condemns refugee camp air raids in South Sudan
Author: VOA Date Written: 24 January 2012
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: VOA
Secondary Category: Eastern Region Source URL: http://www.voanews.com/
Key Words: UN, South Sudan, refugees, humanitarian aid, Upper Nile

Summary & Comment: "The United Nations says it is "alarmed" by air attacks on a South Sudan refugee camp holding about 5,000 people who had fled violence in neighboring Sudan." GK
7. Longer, analytical article. Worsening of the oil crisis between Juba and Khartoum - who loses?
Author: Institute for Security Studies Date Written: 24 January 2012
Primary Category: Sudan Document Origin: Insitute for Security Studies
Secondary Category: Resource Extraction Source URL: http://allafrica.com/
Key Words: oil, economy, Sudan, South Sudan

Summary & Comment: "Six months after the secession of the Republic of South Sudan from Sudan, the two countries have still not been able to resolve a number of important outstanding issues. Prominent among these issues is the lack of agreement on the South’s use of the oil infrastructure in the North." GK

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