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Jan 30, 2012  Sudan/South Sudan: A Lose-Lose Scenario
    Sudan and South Sudan seem to have entered a "lose-lose" scenario, precipitated by failure to agree on payments for transport of oil from fields in South Sudan through the pipeline in the north to the Red Sea. Despite African Union mediation and pressure for compromise not only from Africa but also from the United Nations, China, and the United States, South Sudan has closed the oil fields, with likely disastrous economic and humanitarian consequences for both countries.

Jun 22, 2011  Sudan: UN Debate
    Northern and Southern Sudan today [June 20] signed an agreement to pull their troops out of the disputed central Abyei region, scene of fierce fighting over the past few weeks, African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki announced as he urged the Security Council to move quickly to ensure implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the two sides. - United Nations

Jan 10, 2011  Sudan: Reflections, 3
    "I do not believe that either the ruling National Congress party (NCP) in Khartoum or the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), which governs the south, want to fight. War would almost certainly bring an end to NCP rule in the north and devastate an already impoverished south. Leaders on both sides are smart enough to know that." - Mo Ibrahim

Jan 10, 2011  Sudan: Reflections, 2
Jan 10, 2011  Sudan: Reflections, 1
Oct 14, 2010  Sudan: Post-Referendum Issues
Apr 25, 2010  Sudan: No Easy Ways Ahead
Apr 25, 2010  Sudan: "Too Big to Fail?"
Oct 11, 2009  Sudan: Policy Debates and Dilemmas
Oct 11, 2009  Sudan: Between Peace and War
Oct 11, 2009  Sudan: African Union Panel Reports
Mar   9, 2009  Sudan: Into Uncharted Territory
May 30, 2008  Sudan: Abyei Aflame
Jul 19, 2005  Sudan: Peace Steps, Peace Gaps
Apr 27, 2005  Sudan: Promises and Plans
Jan 23, 2005  Sudan: United Nations Update
Nov 22, 2004  Sudan: Credibility Gap
Oct 24, 2004  Sudan: Peacekeeping without Peace?
Mar   6, 2004  Sudan: Peace, No Peace
Nov 28, 2003  Sudan: Oil and Rights Abuses

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May 13, 2013  Africa: Rise of the Global South
Apr 19, 2013  Africa: Towards Structural Transformation?
Apr   2, 2013  Africa: The Industrialization Agenda
Feb   5 2013  Africa: Towards Reality-Based Talk

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Africa Policy E-Journal (1995-2003)

2003-10-08 Sudan: Peace Process Moves Ahead
2003-08-14 Sudan: Enough is Enough
2003-02-21 Sudan: Peace Process Update
2002-11-09 Sudan: Peace Process Update
2002-04-08 Sudan: Peace Process
2001-10-31 Sudan: Updates
2001-03-20 Sudan: Policy Proposals, 2
2001-03-20 Sudan: Policy Proposals, 1
2001-01-29 Sudan: Recent Documents
2000-07-24 Sudan: Kampala Declaration
2000-02-21 Sudan: Harker Report
1999-10-09 Sudan: Oil and War
1999-03-27 Sudan: Recent Documents
1999-03-04 Sudan: Dinka-Nuer Peace Conference
1998-11-27 Sudan: NGO Report
1998-07-23 Sudan: Famine and Human Rights
1998-06-02 Sudan: Food Emergency
1997-10-24 Sudan: Nuba Mountains Letter
1997-02-24 Sudan: Human Rights Watch Letter
1997-02-24 Sudan: News & Views, 23
1997-01-17 Sudan: Lawyers Committee Report
1997-01-16 Sudan: NGO Policy Paper
1996-06-05 Sudan: New HRW/Africa Report
1995-09-26 Sudan: Resource Guide (part 2)
1995-09-26 Sudan: Resource Guide (part 1)
1995-07-20 Sudan: Southern Sudan, Capacity Building
1995-06-08 Sudan: International Campaign for Peace in Sudan
1995-02-08 Sudan: Amnesty International Campaign

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