Your account has been succesfully created.

SPECIAL OFFER: 25% OFF YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE

Our offers

CHANNEL SOUTH SUDAN

From:

To:

24/04/2018

Sahara Energy about to edge out Trafigura

On the lookout for ways to diversify the country's oil partners for months, South Sudan president Salva Kiir has asked [...]

13/04/2018

Kiir's manoeuvres to undermine opposition unity

Whether or not actively implicated, President Salva Kiir's regime has stood by while many Dinka opponents have been murdered in [...]

03/04/2018

Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoh beseeches CNPC and Petronas to invest

Being constantly pressured by South Sudanese president Salva Kiir to bring in fresh cash, oil minister Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth spent [...]

03/04/2018

Donald Trump's little black oil book

After the US ambassador to the UN's flying visit to South Sudan in late 2017 to made progress towards peace, President Trump is targeting the local oil sector and taking down Asian and Nigerian firms with it. [...]

30/03/2018

A Sudanese magnate moves into telecomms

Following the suspension of Vivacell's operations, a joint venture between Juba and a Sudanese entrepreneur moves in to fill the gap… [...]

30/03/2018

Financial ructions within the Kiir family…

On 15 March, Bona Bol Bol Arech, the CEO of [...]

Spotlight 16/03/2018

South-Sudanese president Salva Kiir supplys barrels of crude as payment.

Salva Kiir reinvents the ‘oil-for-food' scheme

Despite President Salva Kiir's announcement on 14 March that the coffers are empty, the South Sudanese regime is continuing to shower equipment on its army, even though its soldiers have not been paid for many months. A neat trick, made [...]

Refine your search

16/03/2018

Thanks to the embargo, arms trafficking flourishes

According to information obtained exclusively by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, despite the announcement by US State Department's spokesperson Heather Nauert [...]

16/03/2018

The South Sudanese quagmire becomes a bloodbath…

According to our information, the main South Sudanese opposition movement, [...]

16/03/2018

Why Egypt is supporting Juba's membership of the Arab League

In its rivalry with Khartoum, Cairo is using all its [...]

06/03/2018

Oil minister counts on Schlumberger to help CNPC

During a visit to Paris, South-Sudanese minister of oil Ezekiel [...]

06/03/2018

Another pointless meeting between Total and Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth

As well as meeting up with Schlumberger (see here), South [...]

02/03/2018

Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth abandons a former friend sentenced to death

William John Endley, a former colonel in the South African [...]

02/03/2018

Uganda and Kenya shield Kiir from the United States

The South Sudanese president Salva Kiir can be well-satisfied with his trip to Kampala from 22 to 23 February for [...]

16/02/2018

Mediation in a void for South Sudan

The mediation plans elaborated in Addis Ababa since 5 February [...]

16/02/2018

Agak Achuil, the financial wonder kid, gets his marching orders

The rising star of the South Sudanese government and the first under-secretary for finance, Agak Achuil, has been summarily sacked [...]

13/02/2018

New pioneers of South Sudanese gold

Despite persistent general insecurity in South Sudan, foreign investors are continuing to take options in mining zones in the hope [...]

06/02/2018

Block B, point of no return between total and Salva Kiir?

The South Sudanese authorities have been criticising Total's lack of initiative for months and were not exactly reassured by their [...]

Spotlight 02/02/2018

Why Trump is distancing himself from Salva Kiir

As the protagonists in the South Sudanese civil war gear up for more peace talks in Addis Ababa on 5 February, tribal mentalities are taking precedence over political considerations, prompting the exasperation of the Trump administration, Salva Kiir's last remaining [...]

02/02/2018

Consultants and lawyers already winning in Aziz vs Bouamatou war

Exclusive: The financial acrobatics of a government walking a tightrope

A new generation of Karana businessmen are taking over the reins

President Filipe Nyusi’s northern allies on the look-out for good deals

CHANNEL SOUTH SUDAN

Sahara Energy about to edge out Trafigura

Kiir's manoeuvres to undermine opposition unity

Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoh beseeches CNPC and Petronas to invest

Donald Trump's little black oil book

A Sudanese magnate moves into telecomms

Financial ructions within the Kiir family…

Salva Kiir reinvents the ‘oil-for-food' scheme

Refine your search

Thanks to the embargo, arms trafficking flourishes

The South Sudanese quagmire becomes a bloodbath…

Why Egypt is supporting Juba's membership of the Arab League

Oil minister counts on Schlumberger to help CNPC

Another pointless meeting between Total and Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth

Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth abandons a former friend sentenced to death

Uganda and Kenya shield Kiir from the United States

Mediation in a void for South Sudan

Agak Achuil, the financial wonder kid, gets his marching orders

New pioneers of South Sudanese gold

Block B, point of no return between total and Salva Kiir?

Why Trump is distancing himself from Salva Kiir

The impact of the war in Uganda and Ethiopia

Telar Ring Deng slams the door on the embassy in Russia

Odinga feels betrayed by his South African friend Ramaphosa

UAP Old Mutual unable to get shot of its Juba building

A return to the dark era of the warlords…

The foreign minister takes the South Sudanese president to task

First visit

Contacts

Tools

Free services

A website edited by

Indigo Publications also publishes: