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China’s Sudanese dilemma: Secure oil whatever the cost
News broke in late March that South Sudan ordered its oil companies to start production again. The fledgling Sub-Saharan nation stopped oil exports in January 2012 amid failed negotiations with Sudan over oil transmission prices. Not that this is anything new. The two Sudans reached an agreement last September but it was never implemented due to disagreement over border security issues.
By Tim Daiss | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 3:10 pm
Note to refugees from South Sudan: Israel is for the white man
These were the astonishing words uttered by Israel’s interior minister Eli Yishai in an interview recently in which he outlined the Israeli government’s view of African migrants.
By Richard Sudan | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 22 June 2012 at 7:19 pm
Hidden agenda: Westminster’s wilful time-wasting
At first glance the order of business in the House of Commons on 28th February may seem as monotonous, innocuous and removed from public consciousness as any other day. The regular business of elected representatives rarely demand the interests of those they represent.
By Oliver Duggan | Notebook | Monday, 21 February 2011 at 1:47 pm
America, Africa and the hope for Stability
America’s time as an international broker for peace may be coming to an end. Their influence may be dwindling in the face of economic weakness and hollers of a return to isolationism at home, and an increasingly strong, if quiet, voice from the Far East. There may only be one act left in the play [...]
By Oliver Duggan | Notebook, The Foreign Desk | Thursday, 10 February 2011 at 2:19 pm
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