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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.	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.	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.	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