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South Sudan

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…

Subscribers only Business 30.03.2018

Financial ructions within the Kiir family…

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

Subscribers only Business 30.03.2018

Spotlight | Document
Salva Kiir reinvents the ‘oil-for-food' scheme

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

Subscribers only Politics 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 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.03.2018

The Americans insult Kenya (and Africa)…

On 27 February, two former US ambassadors to Kenya, Mark [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.03.2018

The South Sudanese quagmire becomes a bloodbath…

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

Subscribers only Politics 16.03.2018

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

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

Subscribers only Politics 16.03.2018

Oil minister counts on Schlumberger to help CNPC

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

Subscribers only Energy 06.03.2018

Another pointless meeting between Total and Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth

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

Subscribers only Energy 06.03.2018

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 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.03.2018

Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth abandons a former friend sentenced to death

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

Subscribers only Politics 02.03.2018

The CIA mediates between Addis-Khartoum and Cairo

On 21 and 22 January, the US vice president Mike Pence had talks with the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al [...]

Subscribers only Politics 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 [...]

Subscribers only 16.02.2018

Document
Mediation in a void for South Sudan

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

Subscribers only Politics 16.02.2018

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 [...]

Subscribers only Mining 13.02.2018

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 [...]

Subscribers only Energy 06.02.2018

Spotlight | Document
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 [.

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2018

Salva Kiir, president of South Sudan

The impact of the war in Uganda and Ethiopia

According to our information, cross-border trafficking between South Sudan and Uganda is on the rise. With the price of fuel [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2018

A tightening of borders across the region

The crisis between Egypt and the Sudanese-Ethiopian alliance is deepening and there are increasing numbers of boots on the ground… [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2018

Telar Ring Deng slams the door on the embassy in Russia

In a letter dated 25 January and sent at the behest of President Salva Kiir's office, the South Sudanese foreign [...]

Subscribers only 02.02.2018

The Turkish crescent arcs across Egypt and Saudi Arabia

What did Recep Tayyip Erdogan negotiate during his visit to Khartoum?

Subscribers only Politics 19.01.2018

Odinga feels betrayed by his South African friend Ramaphosa

The growing ties between President Uhuru Kenyatta and the South [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.01.2018

UAP Old Mutual unable to get shot of its Juba building

The Kenyan insurance giant UAP Old Mutual has desperately been [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.01.2018

Trafigura opens throttle to keep key oil seat

With rivals bearing down its neck in one of its strongholds, the trading giant has deployed lobbyists and lawyers to retain its seat as Juba's trader.

Subscribers only Energy 09.01.2018

The foreign minister takes the South Sudanese president to task

The Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for foreign affairs Amina Mohamed recently [...]

Subscribers only Politics 09.01.2018

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