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Al Jazeera English | South Sudan facing food crisis | 30 April 2012

A combination of bad weather, pests and a deteriorating relationship with the North has led to an economic crisis that is challenging South Sudan’s food security.
Ongoing clashes with Khartoum over the countries’ contested border area have halted the import of cheap food goods from the North, leaving Juba to rely on high-cost goods imported from southern neighbour Uganda. Another full-scale war between the two rival Sudans would make an already tough situation much worse.
Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste reports from Juba.

Al Jazeera English | Sudan declares emergency on border with south | 29 April 2012

Al Jazeera English | Al Bashir rules out talks with South Sudan | 23 April 2012

Central African Republic, Sudan ink transportation protocols
Friday 27 May 2011
May 27, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR) on Thursday signed a number of transportation-related agreements to facilitate the use of Port Sudan seaport for CAR’s exports and imports, construction of railways (...)
State Rules: Oil companies and armed conflict in Sudan
Wednesday 18 July 2007
By Luke A. Patey * The strategic behaviour of international oil companies in war-torn Sudan was overwhelmingly driven by political pressures from governments. After almost twenty years of operating in Sudan, the American giant (...)
Wikileaks: Top Sudanese businessman ‘fed up’ with Bashir’s government
Sunday 4 September 2011
September 3, 2011 (WASHINGTON) – A top Sudanese businessman told U.S. embassy officials in Khartoum that he is fed up with the way the government is running the country, Wikileaks cables show. Chairman of Khartoum-based DAL group (...)
Student protests erupt in Khartoum and other Sudanese towns
Monday 18 June 2012
June 17, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sporadic demonstrations erupted on Sunday in Sudan’s capital Khartoum as well as other parts of the country in protests against rising costs of living, drawing the usual violent response from police forces. (...)
Sudan government allows sugar prices to go up further as labor union warns on cutting subsidies
Tuesday 20 November 2012
November 19, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese finance ministry on Monday quietly issued a decision hiking the price of sugar as part of its ongoing effort to cut subsidies on basic commodities to stop the bleeding in the country’s budget. (...)
South Sudan rules out sharing oil revenue with North
Wednesday 16 February 2011
February 15, 2011 (JUBA) – The new state of South Sudan that is expected to officially become the world’s newest state in July, has no intention of continuing to split the proceeds from oil revenue, an official in the South’s ruling (...)
Sudan’s drug imports reached €600 million: lawmaker
Thursday 16 January 2014
January 15, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The member of Sudan’s parliamentary subcommittee on Finance and Economy, Babiker Mohamed al-Tom, said that imports of drugs amounted to €600 million and called upon the government to encourage local (...)
South Sudan president accuses Khartoum of stealing its oil
Tuesday 3 January 2012
January 2, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The president of South Sudan Salva Kiir accused the Sudanese government of stealing his country’s oil in a new sign of escalation between the two ex-foes. President of South Sudan Salva Kiir (AFP) In his (...)
Obama’s 2013 budget includes $2.4 billion in possible debt relief to Sudan & aid to S. Sudan
Tuesday 14 February 2012
February 13, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – The United States (US) President Barrack Obama’s 2013 budget proposal, released on Monday incorporated the possibility of relieving Sudan’s entire debt owed to it if certain conditions are met. U.S. (...)
Sudan’s NCP defiant amid small protests in Khartoum against electricity rates hike
Monday 23 July 2012
July 22, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has again dismissed the significance of protests that erupted in different part of the country over the last month describing them as "isolated". Sudanese (...)

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