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Oil & gas 24/12/2021

Jefferies devotes itself to facilitating withdrawal of Petronas from Africa

The investment bank Jefferies is doing all it can to speed up the Malaysian major's withdrawal from the region. [...]

Oil & gas 10/12/2021

Petronas keen to conclude Perenco mega-deal

Malaysian oil major Petronas is trying to divest itself of all of its mature producing assets in the region. These may be bought by French company Perenco. [...]

Politics 05/11/2021

Salva Kiir fears fallout from Burhan coup

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir. © Daniel Irungu/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Politics 25/10/2021

Salva Kiir bruised by his Tigers

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir. © Jok Solomun/Reuters

Oil & gas 20/10/2021

Petronas plans its difficult departure

The Asian oil company Petronas no longer wants to invest in South Sudan and plans to leave. But at what price? [...]

Diplomacy 11/10/2021

Macron strengthens cooperation with Sudanese intelligence

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and Sudanese Sovereignty Council Chairman Abel Fattah al-Burhan. © Yoan Valat/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

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Business Ports and airports 10/09/2021

UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

Four months after opening the port of Berbera in Somaliland, DP World's chairman, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, tasked his teams to conduct a study on Chinese activism in the ports of the Horn of Africa. [...]

Politics 20/08/2021

Machar's political capital up in flames as SPLMI-IO splits in two

President Salva Kiir's toughest rival, South Sudan's first vice-president, has been fiercely challenged by both the military and political branches of his own party and is now but a shadow of his former self. [...]

South Sudan vice president Riek Machar, leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement In Opposition. © STRINGER/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Politics 14/07/2021

Salva Kiir buys himself a private army Free

A hundred South Sudanese soldiers have just returned to Juba having undergone training in Ukraine. They'll form the core of the future special forces that the president wants. [...]

Politics 08/07/2021

Tensions over transitional assembly may tarnish tenth anniversary of independance

Tomorrow, South Sudan turns ten. President Salva Kiir is grasping to hold onto his parliamentary majority as a new assembly is expected to be sworn in. [...]

Diplomacy 01/07/2021

Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

The German academic Annette Weber, who takes on her new role on 1 July, will have her work cut out for her as she surveys a region marked by the conflict in Tigray, a complex election in Somalia and Sudan's fraught transition. [...]

EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, Annette Weber. © Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

Politics 30/06/2021

US, UK and Norway call for more unity in Sudanese peace process

The South Sudanese government was to head into a second round of talks with the country's divided rebel groups in Rome on Thursday. Prompted by the process sponsors - the US, UK and Norway -, the government has postponed the summit while it tries to find a way to negotiate with all sides at once. [...]

Business Defence 17/05/2021

Russian PANH Helicopters returns to UNMISS

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, has once again opted for a Russian firm in its latest choice of subcontractor. In late April, the Krasnodar-based PANH Helicopters won a one-year $5m contract to supply a transport helicopter for logistics missions. [...]

Politics 04/05/2021

Barnaba Marial, Kiir's new yes man

The key presidential affairs ministerial portfolio has been given to Barnaba Marial Benjamin, one of President Salva Kiir's staunchest loyalists. He partly owes his plum post to a pair of powerful patrons, who may well call in the favour down the line. [...]

South Sudan Presidential Affairs Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin. © Riccardo De Luca/Update Images Press/MaxPPP

Oil & gas 26/04/2021

Kiir's former favourite Nhial to be ousted from Nilepet

Nhial Deng Nhial lost his powerful post of presidential affairs minister in an 11 April cabinet reshuffle. [...]

Former presidential affairs minister © Reuters

Politics 14/04/2021

The fight for Salva Kiir's succession heats up

The recent government reshuffle has cleared the path for South Sudan's chief spy Akol Koor. But president Salva Kiir remains deeply suspicious of the Internal Security Bureau director, barring him from any power over the country's lucrative oil resources. [...]

Business Defence 22/03/2021

Regional veterans WS Insight and Pinnacle Security to guard UNMISS facilities

The peacekeeping mission is set to spend $50m on the two private security companies, who have ample experience and solid networks in East Africa. [...]

Oil & gas 17/03/2021

CNPC and Petronas to be scrutinised by redoubted oil industry auditor Alex Stewart International

The audit group most feared by oil companies operating in Africa is to go through the accounts of the two Asian majors with the aim of spotting the slightest irregularities. [...]

Politics 11/03/2021

Pagan, Malong and Kiir negotiate on thin ice

Negotiations between South Sudan's government and remaining rebel groups have resumed in Kenya. But all parties are beset by internal tensions that render the outcome of the talks uncertain. [...]

Peace talks for South Sudan in Naivasha on 8 March with Pagan Amum Okiech, Barnaba Marial Benjamin and Paul Malong Awan(from left to right). © Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Twitter

Politics 09/02/2021

Peace mediators shunted back and forth between Rome and Nairobi Free

Already compromised by divisions within the SSOMA in December, peace talks between the South Sudanese government and the last fighters warring with Juba have now been split between Rome and Nairobi. [...]

Business Defence 08/02/2021

South Africa's Safair to resume UNMISS flights

South African cargo carrier Safair Operations has made a South Sudan comeback. [...]

Politics 04/02/2021

Kiir fans flames of ethnic rivalry near Upper Nile oilfields

President Salva Kiir has appointed a Padang Dinka as deputy governor for Upper Nile state, home to over 70% of the country's crude oil output. Though intended as a conciliatry gesture towards this community, it could well spark fresh clashes with Shilluks and Nuers. [...]

Politics 11/12/2020

Hemeti and Kiir's quid pro quo on dealing with their enemies

South Sudan's president and the number two in Sudan's Sovereign Council are both troubled by a warlord who has taken refuge in the other's country. The two leaders have been working on a quid pro quo solution. [...]

Politics 09/12/2020

Battle over appointment of Johnson Olony as Upper Nile governor jeopardizes peace agreement

Vice president Riek Machar is insisting on having army commander Johnson Olony as head of the oil-producing state of Upper Nile. South Sudanese president Salva Kiir has refused to approve the appointment, however, even though, in so doing, he risks endangering the country's fragile transition process. [...]

Upper Nile - Where the two Sudans and Ethiopia meet. © Africa Intelligence/Indigo Publications 2020

Diplomacy 08/12/2020

Kiir hopes Biden win means end of sanctions

While Paris, Oslo and Washington work out what their economic support to Juba could look like, Salva Kiir is preparing for the shift in power at the White House. [...]

The South Sudanese president Salva Kiir. © Angelo Carconi/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

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Jefferies devotes itself to facilitating withdrawal of Petronas from Africa

Petronas keen to conclude Perenco mega-deal

Salva Kiir fears fallout from Burhan coup

Salva Kiir bruised by his Tigers

Petronas plans its difficult departure

Macron strengthens cooperation with Sudanese intelligence

UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

Machar's political capital up in flames as SPLMI-IO splits in two

Salva Kiir buys himself a private army Free

Tensions over transitional assembly may tarnish tenth anniversary of independance

Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

US, UK and Norway call for more unity in Sudanese peace process

Russian PANH Helicopters returns to UNMISS

Barnaba Marial, Kiir's new yes man

Kiir's former favourite Nhial to be ousted from Nilepet

The fight for Salva Kiir's succession heats up

Regional veterans WS Insight and Pinnacle Security to guard UNMISS facilities

CNPC and Petronas to be scrutinised by redoubted oil industry auditor Alex Stewart International

Pagan, Malong and Kiir negotiate on thin ice

Peace mediators shunted back and forth between Rome and Nairobi Free

South Africa's Safair to resume UNMISS flights

Kiir fans flames of ethnic rivalry near Upper Nile oilfields

Hemeti and Kiir's quid pro quo on dealing with their enemies

Battle over appointment of Johnson Olony as Upper Nile governor jeopardizes peace agreement

Kiir hopes Biden win means end of sanctions

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Jefferies devotes itself to facilitating withdrawal of Petronas from Africa

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Macron strengthens cooperation with Sudanese intelligence

UAE and China spar over Horn of Africa ports

Machar's political capital up in flames as SPLMI-IO splits in two

Salva Kiir buys himself a private army Free

Tensions over transitional assembly may tarnish tenth anniversary of independance

Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

US, UK and Norway call for more unity in Sudanese peace process

Russian PANH Helicopters returns to UNMISS

Barnaba Marial, Kiir's new yes man

Kiir's former favourite Nhial to be ousted from Nilepet

The fight for Salva Kiir's succession heats up

Regional veterans WS Insight and Pinnacle Security to guard UNMISS facilities

CNPC and Petronas to be scrutinised by redoubted oil industry auditor Alex Stewart International

Pagan, Malong and Kiir negotiate on thin ice

Peace mediators shunted back and forth between Rome and Nairobi Free

South Africa's Safair to resume UNMISS flights

Kiir fans flames of ethnic rivalry near Upper Nile oilfields

Hemeti and Kiir's quid pro quo on dealing with their enemies

Battle over appointment of Johnson Olony as Upper Nile governor jeopardizes peace agreement

Kiir hopes Biden win means end of sanctions

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