Special to WorldTribune.com GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs People’s Republic of China (PRC) officials are becoming increasingly apprehensive about the rise in the use of the westward corridor to export oil, diamonds, and rare minerals out of South Sudan and the Central African Republic via Cameroon. In other words, this creates a flow to Atlantic sea […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs The escalating fuel riots in Khartoum, and increasingly in other cities in Sudan, serve as a stark reminder of the inherent fragility and instability of the country. The riots were sparked by the spiraling prices of all fuel products […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan has reported hundreds of millions of dollars in crude oil fees from South Sudan. Sudan’s official news agency said the Khartoum regime received $236 million in oil fees from South Sudan in 2013. The agency quoted a senior official as saying that the fees covered the transportation of South […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — South Sudan plans to again halt crude oil production. Officials said South Sudan intends to end oil production by August amid a renewed dispute with the Khartoum regime in Sudan. Officials said the Juba government has been trying to sell 6.4 million barrels of oil surplus before the shutdown. “This […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Sudan and its new southern neighbor have reinforced troops along their contested border. The Satellite Sentinel Project said Sudan and South Sudan deployed their militaries in at least 14 locations along the border. The U.S. group, which monitors the border region through satellite imagery, said the two militaries were operating […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — South Sudan has reported the renewal of crude oil production. Officials said South Sudan resumed oil production more than 14 months after it was halted because of the conflict with neighboring Sudan. The officials said Juba’s oil output was expected to reach the pre-suspension level of 375,000 barrels per day. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — South Sudan has offered to withdraw its army from the border with its northern neighbor. South Sudan President Salva Kiir said the new republic was ready to pull out its troops from the disputed border with Sudan. Kiir said the withdrawal marked a condition for the resumption of crude oil […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan and South Sudan have failed to reach agreement to establish a demilitarized zone. Officials said the Khartoum regime and its new southern neighbor presented significantly different maps in trying to delineate a demilitarized zone. The officials said Juba cited British maps from the 1950s that sought to separate the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Sudan, conducting daily air strikes, has widened its war against its southern neighbor. Officials from both countries reported an expansion of the war by the Khartoum regime against South Sudan. They said the Sudanese Army has sent thousands of troops to recapture the disputed oil-rich town of Heglig. “This is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Heavy fighting has been reported along the border of Sudan and its new independent southern neighbor. The fighting has taken place along the disputed border in which up to 150 Sudanese Army soldiers were reported killed. The rebels reported the capture of a Sudanese Army outpost in South Kordofan. “The […]