South Sudan
On 9 July 2011, South Sudan officially became Africa’s 54th nation. An independence won after decades of struggle with the successive regimes in Khartoum, capital of the former unified Sudan, and one recognized by all members of the international community, first and foremost the European Union.
EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, who was present at the independence...
This essay, writes the Editor Salah M. Hassan, highlights the selective ways in which the conflict in Darfur has been presented, represented, and used by a rangeof actors in and outside of Sudan to promote their own agendas and interests. It draws attention to the urgency of apprehending the politics of representation around Darfur "from within."Focusing on Sudan's historically...
The 2005 peace agreement makes provision for the sharing of oil revenue, three-quarters of which is obtained in South Sudan. It also makes provisions regarding the concluding of international treaties, including the treaty on sharing the waters of the Nile. To these two sensitive issues, a third must be added that is not covered by the peace agreement: land ownership.
Whereas in North...
“Corruption is one of the most important transversal issues that the government of South Sudan must combat,” believes Dr Pauline Riek, head of the Anti-Corruption Commission set up by the Salva Kiir government.
Corruption is a plague that is poisoning relations in this nascent state and that the government itself recognises. “How do you think we financed our guerrilla action...
“One of the major problems that the government of Southern Sudan will have to deal with is corruption and nepotism” explains Nhial Bol. And for the simple fact of declaring this opinion, the boss of the independent newspaper of Southern Sudan, launched in 2005, has repeatedly spent time in prison. In Khartoum, in his former role as the general director of the independent newspaper,...
"The changes are noticeable in Sudan, and they are led by women," explains Balghis Badri, Director of the Institute of Gender and Development Studies in Ahfad University, the only English speaking academic institution in Khartoum.
Today is March 8, International Women's Day. The police have just stopped a demonstration by women demanding the government to stop violence against...
At the head of the newspaper 'Al Ayaam' that he founded back in 1953, Mahjoub Mohamed Saleh witnessed at close hand every step in his country’s move to independence in 1956, amid political upheavals marked by repeated newspaper closures and arrests. At the age of 84, this wise man of the Sudanese press takes a lucid but empathetic look at what his country’s future may hold....
How long have you been the EU’s Head of Delegation and how would you best describe your experiences and challenges in Sudan?
I’ve worked in development related projects in Africa since 1977 and for the European Institutions since 1986. I have been here since December 2007 following postings in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Sudan is a very...
On July 9th next, Sudan will lose its title as the largest country in Africa. The proclamation of the independence of South Sudan will end a turbulent common history largely created by the first colonisers – be they Egyptian, Turkish or English, of this territory six times the size of France.
In Khartoum, the capital of unified Sudan, at least for the next three months, the population...
“Satisfaction”. The word is on the lips of all Western observers following the referendum held to set the seal on independence for Southern Sudan. Yet some major issues remain to be resolved before it becomes the 193rd nation in the world to be recognised by the United Nations.
Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, expressed her “...
On 9 July 2011, South Sudan officially became Africa’s 54th nation. An independence won after decades of struggle with the successive regimes in Khartoum, capital of the former unified Sudan, and one recognized by all members of the international community, first and foremost the European Union.
EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, who was present at the independence...
This essay, writes the Editor Salah M. Hassan, highlights the selective ways in which the conflict in Darfur has been presented, represented, and used by a rangeof actors in and outside of Sudan to promote their own agendas and interests. It draws attention to the urgency of apprehending the politics of representation around Darfur "from within."Focusing on Sudan's historically...
The 2005 peace agreement makes provision for the sharing of oil revenue, three-quarters of which is obtained in South Sudan. It also makes provisions regarding the concluding of international treaties, including the treaty on sharing the waters of the Nile. To these two sensitive issues, a third must be added that is not covered by the peace agreement: land ownership.
Whereas in North...
“Corruption is one of the most important transversal issues that the government of South Sudan must combat,” believes Dr Pauline Riek, head of the Anti-Corruption Commission set up by the Salva Kiir government.
Corruption is a plague that is poisoning relations in this nascent state and that the government itself recognises. “How do you think we financed our guerrilla action...
“One of the major problems that the government of Southern Sudan will have to deal with is corruption and nepotism” explains Nhial Bol. And for the simple fact of declaring this opinion, the boss of the independent newspaper of Southern Sudan, launched in 2005, has repeatedly spent time in prison. In Khartoum, in his former role as the general director of the independent newspaper,...
"The changes are noticeable in Sudan, and they are led by women," explains Balghis Badri, Director of the Institute of Gender and Development Studies in Ahfad University, the only English speaking academic institution in Khartoum.
Today is March 8, International Women's Day. The police have just stopped a demonstration by women demanding the government to stop violence against...
At the head of the newspaper 'Al Ayaam' that he founded back in 1953, Mahjoub Mohamed Saleh witnessed at close hand every step in his country’s move to independence in 1956, amid political upheavals marked by repeated newspaper closures and arrests. At the age of 84, this wise man of the Sudanese press takes a lucid but empathetic look at what his country’s future may hold....
How long have you been the EU’s Head of Delegation and how would you best describe your experiences and challenges in Sudan?
I’ve worked in development related projects in Africa since 1977 and for the European Institutions since 1986. I have been here since December 2007 following postings in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Sudan is a very...
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On July 9th next, Sudan will lose its title as the largest country in Africa. The proclamation of the independence of South Sudan will end a turbulent common history largely created by the first colonisers – be they Egyptian, Turkish or English, of this territory six times the size of France.
In Khartoum, the capital of unified Sudan, at least for the next three months, the population...
“Satisfaction”. The word is on the lips of all Western observers following the referendum held to set the seal on independence for Southern Sudan. Yet some major issues remain to be resolved before it becomes the 193rd nation in the world to be recognised by the United Nations.
Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, expressed her “...
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