South Sudan: a false start

South Sudan: a false start

DR LAM AKOL , 17 July 2012

For all the Government of South Sudan’s rhetoric, real investment in the country’s future has been slow to begin. Even before independence, there were sufficient resources to truly begin building the nation, resources that were squandered in Juba.

South Sudan: building the foundations of the world’s newest nation

AGGREY TISA SABUNI , 9 July 2012

Aggrey Tisa Sabuni, economic advisor to the President of the Republic of South Sudan, looks back on a tumultous year and reflects on the political challenges of statehood, and the choice before the international community.

Creating lasting security in Sudan

MOEZ ALI , 6 July 2012

Sceptics say regime change in Sudan would worsen the security situation. But the three wars and massive proliferation of small arms can be traced to the current regime’s mismanagement.

If I were Al Salaam Coach, I would change the name and the game from Football to Athletics!

THE EASED AFRICA I WANT

This is why I am not comfortable with a Khawaja; their minds are programmed fixed like kids and this computer. For instance, when I took my boy out to Entebbe Zoo, he consequently and subsequently believes whenever I am going out… “Baba, I want to go, too, to ‘enshebe joo'”. And this idiotic machine, underlining red the word ‘ngong’ in John Penn de Ngong…! That it is a strange word– very ‘racialistic’!  This, it, is not very realistic!

It is not realistic that anything South Sudanic, say, Africanic, is primitive; hence, must be deleted. That is why they have deleted anything to do with South Sudan in the fame and the game of Guor Marial, and anything Dinkaic i.e. Guor Miading Miaker. Now, he is running under the flag of the Olympic Committee as their orphan though the boy is telling them the cause and the country he is running…

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Khartoum Rejects Concessions Proposed by Juba

Sudan Rejects South Sudan Oil Offer Voice of America South Sudan also has offered to pay $3.2 billion to Sudan in cash over three-and-a-half years to compensate for economic losses Khartoum suffered as a result of the south’s separation last year. Sudanese Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Rahmatullah…

Khartoum Rejects South Sudan’s ‘Last’ Offer On Oil, Abyei AllAfrica.com Khartoum — Sudanese negotiators on Monday dismissed as “nothing new” what their South Sudanese counterparts have termed as the “last offer” to resolve the two countries’ disputes over oil transit fees and the status of Abyei, in the latest setback to …

Khartoum Rejects Concessions Proposed by Juba

Sudan Monday turned down South Sudan’s proposal of a higher oil transit fee and an $8.2 billion financial deal, ruling out any comprehensive settlement of outstanding issues by the Aug. 2 deadline. The offer and its refusal come just days ahead of an African Union- and United Nations-imposed deadline calling on both sides to reach agreements on issues including oil transit fees, border demarcation and security by Aug. 2. [Pagan] outlined a proposal whereby Juba would pay up to $9.10 a barrel to transit its oil through Sudan. Khartoum had earlier demanded as much as $36 per barrel, which includes tariffs and transit, processing and port fees. South Sudan said “in the interest of peace” it was offering Sudan a financial package, worth $8.2 billion over three years, including a cash payment and debt forgiveness to help fill the massive financial gap Sudan reported after the South gained independence a year ago. Sudan however, dismissed the offer, saying that security remained their top priority and that issues such as South Sudan’s alleged backing of rebels should therefore be settled before other issues are tackled. “We think security is a prerequisite,” Mutrif Siddiq, a member of Khartoum’s delegation to talks in the Ethiopian capital, told reporters.

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Sudan rejects deal proposed by South Sudan

Sudan on Monday turned down South Sudan’s proposal of a higher oil transit fee and an $8.2 billion financial deal, ruling out any comprehensive settlement of outstanding issues by the August 2 deadline. The offer and its refusal come just days ahead of an African Union- and United Nations-imposed deadline calling on both sides to reach agreements on issues including oil transit fees, border demarcation and security by August 2.

http://news.yahoo.com/sudan-sudan-meet-resolve-bitter-dispute-083258159.html

Khartoum rejects South Sudan’s “last” offer on oil, Abyei 

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July 23, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudanese negotiators on Monday dismissed as “nothing new” what their South Sudanese counterparts have termed as the “last offer” to resolve the two countries’ disputes over oil transit fees and the status of Abyei, in the latest setback to talks bound by a UN deadline due to end in nine days. The new offer was unveiled by South Sudan’s chief negotiator Pagan Amum, who said in a press conference held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Monday that Juba told Khartoum it can pay 9.10 US dollars for every barrel of oil that passes through pipelines owned by the China-led Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company (GNPOC), and 7.26 US dollars for every barrel of oil that passes through PetroDar pipelines. Amum, who described the offer as their “last”, said it also includes an annual compensation package of 3.2 billion US dollars to help Sudan cover a budget deficit resulting from the loss of three quarters of its oil production to South Sudan when the latter seceded in July last year. The South Sudanese official said Juba would also forgive 4.9 billion US dollars in what it says are overdue oil payments before its independence and for oil Sudan confiscated after independence. Sudan says it took the oil in lieu of unpaid transit fees. The offer also includes a new proposal to hold a referendum organized by the AU and the UN on the status of Abyei, Amum said. But Sudan, which previously rejected the south’s offer of paying 2.6 billion in financial compensation and insisted on getting 32 US dollars for every barrel of oil, swiftly rejected the new proposal saying carrying “nothing new”, as put by the member of its negotiating delegation Mutrif Sidiq. Sidiq, who was also addressing a press conference in Addis Ababa, said that the south’s offer was nothing but the combination of previous offers in one document. He added that the fact that South Sudan shifted from direct to AU-mediated talks means that the process is now back to the starting point.

http://www.sudantribune.com/Khartoum-rejects-South-Sudan-s,43350

Addis Ababa Talks: PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN SOUTH SUDAN AND SUDAN

Dear all,

Full Document of the Proposed Agreement.pdf
Summary of Agreement 23 July 2012 f.pdf

Attached are the “Full document and SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED “AGREEMENT ON FRIENDLY RELATIONS & COOPERATION” BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF SUDAN”.

1. Summary of Agreement 23 July 2012 f.pdf

2. Full document of the proposed Agreement 23 July 2012

South Sudan offers to resume oil production
The Associated Press
By MICHAEL ONYIEGO, Associated Press – 47 minutes ago. JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan on Monday offered to increase the transit fees it would pay to Sudan to use its pipelines as part of a deal that could restart the south’s oil industry and …

South Sudan runner is an Olympian without a country CNN International The marathon runner was born in what is now South Sudan, which split from Sudan last year and does not yet have a national Olympic body. He is a permanent resident of the United States, where he fled 11 years ago to escape the bloody conflict between …

South Sudan ups debt relief, oil fee offer for Sudan Chicago Tribune ADDIS ABABA/JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan is offering Sudan complete debt forgiveness and a $3.2 billion compensation package to plug its rival’s gaping budget deficit in an attempt to move forward stalled talks, a senior official said on Monday.

South Sudan Makes New Peace Offer to Sudan Voice of America South Sudan also proposed the United Nations and African Union organize a referendum by the end of this year to determine the status of the contested Abyei region. Disputes over who was eligible to vote led to cancellation of a planned Abyei referendum …

South Sudan Denies Hosting Darfur Rebels AllAfrica.com Aweil — South Sudan on Sunday denied providing any military support nor hosting rebel groups fighting government of neighboring Sudan, arguing that Khartoum was only “covering attacks” its army carried out inside its territory. Khartoum on Saturday …

Ericsson, WFP Partner for Emergency Operations in South Sudan AllAfrica.com Juba — Mobile Phone giant, Ericsson last week announced its response unit has entered into partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide vital communication services to relief workers in South Sudan. The new deal, Ericsson …

South Sudan sets out conditions for Sudan deal AFP By Jenny Vaughan (AFP) – 4 hours ago. ADDIS ABABA — South Sudan set out Monday a proposed deal with rival Sudan, offering an increased oil transit fee offer, an $8.2 billion financial support package and demanding a referendum on disputed Abyei.

The Truth

By Tearz Ayuen

What’s truth?

What good is truth?

Who wants to hear the truth,

The whole truth,

And nothing but the truth?

Who says the truth?

What happens to those who speak the truth?

Why don’t people want to hear the truth?

Where is the truth?

 

Truth is a quality or state of being true

It is a fact or belief that is accepted as true

Truth is that which is true

Or in accordance with facts or reality

 

Truth is of great value

It is precious

It is water, air and love

Truth is a key, it unlocks locks

It breaks codes and chains

It breaks barriers

Truth heals wounds

It builds, maintains bridges that connect people

 

Truth is not told by anyone

It is not told by eyewitnesses

Truth is never told by the popes, imams, paupers,

Members of Parliament, boys, girls or scientists

Neither is it told by detectives nor journalists

Truth is told by the truth itself

 

Truth hurts, it is a thorn penetrating through a skin

Truth is ugly, no one falls for it

Truth is sulphuric acid, none wants to swallow it

Truth is a charging al-Qaeda suicide bomber, everyone runs away from it

Truth is a highly dangerous armed mad man, everyone hides from it

 

He who says the truth is shunned in the society

In a broad daylight, he’s gunned down by hired thugs or police

A set up is hatched and when he gets caught, he’s jailed, castrated and hanged

Or he is tortured badly and left to die

And his/her relatives are intimidated, harassed and imprisoned

 

Though no one wants to tell the truth,

Everyone wants to hear the truth

 

But truth is kept out of reach of you and me

It is a permanent resident of government’s safe

Truth also lives under the carpet of a state house

It is in shackles, in private cages, serving unspecified term

It is kept in the dark, in the basement of a courthouse

Truth lies in your partner’s handbag

It’s somewhere in the ceilings of your house

Truth has money value, it is sold

Its buyers are rich businesspeople, politicians and religious leaders

Upon buying it, they flush it down the toilet

 

However, truth is indestructible

It’s immortal

No matter what happens to the truth, it will always come to light,

With much more catastrophic effects