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Sudan: the growing aviation industry

Almost a year ago, 45 passengers barely survived in a Sudanese plane crash accident in Khartoum’s International airport. Even before that Sudan has been having a series of aviation accidents including one in August that killed 32 people. Most problems occurred because of old aviation materials. This is explained by the struggle Sudan airlines have [...]

Sudan’s parliament approves agreements

Khartoum has taken another mighty stride towards solidifying the oil and security agreements it had with its new neighbor. The Sudanese parliament has given its blessings to the deals by approving them with only two of almost half of the 350 members present voting against it. Convincing the members of parliament to support the agreements [...]

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S. Sudan to resume oil production in four to six months

South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum and Mining Stephen Dhieu Dau said Thursday his country hopes to resume oil production in the Upper Nile’s oilfields in four to six months. S.Sudan, accusing Khartoum of stealing its crude oil, had unilaterally decided last January to stop oil production in its oilfields. Khartoum had confiscated $815 million of [...]

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Sudan seeks October gasoil delivery

The Sudanese Petroleum Company is hoping to secure supply for gasoil for the month of October in the spot market according to industry sources due to the rigid demand the country is experiencing. The company is therefore hoping to acquire the services of two gasoil cargoes before the due month in order to provide almost [...]

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Sudan-South Sudan: No agreement in sight for oil, border disputes

More than a year after South Sudan became independent from Sudan, the two countries have not yet reached agreement on their oil and border disputes and no progress seems likely in the meeting they are currently holding in Ethiopia in a bid to resolve these disputes. At this meeting, South Sudan has offered Sudan more [...]

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Sudan: Khartoum complains about Juba to AU

Sudan is working on a complain to be sent to the African Union accusing Southern Sudan of harboring a rebel group called Justice and Equality Movement. According to Sudan, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) uses Southern Sudan as its base before launching attacks. The movement is said to be active in Southern Sudan where [...]

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Sudan: The price of reforms

As Sudan undergoes austerity measures, reforms are being carried out to adapt the country’s need to its financial capabilities and no domain is being salvaged. After the suppression of fuel subsidies which was part of the economic measures, the political sector had its turn on Monday accordingly as it was pledged by President Omer Hassan [...]

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