South Sudan Signs Contract Agreement for Pipelines Feasibility Study with a German Company

Juba, The Republic of South Sudan On Tuesday, February 12, 2013, the contract agreement was signed between the South Sudan Ministry of Petroleum and Mining and the ILF, a German company on pipelines feasibility studies on both Ports through Lamu Port in Kenya and Ethiopia – Djibouti Port in which the project will start immediately. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining, Mr. Machar Aciek signs Agreement with Germany Co. ILF in Juba – February 12, 2013 The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining, Mr. Machar Aciek Ader announced to the public that this project will be completed within Six (6) Months and will be submitted to the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining for approval. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining, Mr. Machar Aciek Ader Mr. Andreas Linke, ILF project director; was very impressed for the trust and confidant given to ILF by the Government of the Republic of South Sudan. Andreas stated that the company will do its best and expertise for the project to succeed in the time given. ILF is an International engineering and consulting firm and helps demanding customers successfully execute major industrial and infrastructure projects.

ILF was founded by Pius Lasser in innsburk in 1967. In 1969 he was joined by Adolf Feizimaryr and the company expanded into Ingenileugemeinschaft Lasser-Feizlmayr (ILF). Today, the company is doing business under name of ILF Consulting Engineers.

In its more than 40-year long corporate development ILF has continued to extend the scope of its activities and expertise to embrace new and diversified engineering disciplines.

South Sudan shut its oil production and export through the Sudan more than a year ago after Khartoum government has been stealing South Sudan oil.

BUILDING THE RETURNEE STATE: RETURNEE INTEGRATION IN SOUTH SUDAN

There is this great report  from the Center for Strategic Analyses and Research (C-SAR) on the status of South Sudanese returnee and their integration in the new Republic. Please do check out on the official C-SAR website.

BUILDING THE RETURNEE STATE: RETURNEE INTEGRATION IN SOUTH SUDAN

BY PETER BIAR AJAK, ZECHARIAH MANYOK BIAR AND GREG LARSON

Thanks,

PaanLuel Wel.

South Sudan to be ‘pilot country’ for new UN initiative protecting journalists

South Sudan to be ‘pilot country’ for new UN initiative protecting journalists UN News Centre 11 February 2013 – South Sudan will be the first State to adopt a new United Nations-backed initiative aimed at creating a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers, the UN envoy to the country has announced. In a press statement …

Scores slain in South Sudan cattle raid The Star Online JUBA, South Sudan: Heavily armed rebels have killed more than 100 people including women and children in a cattle raid in South Sudan’s troubled Jonglei state, local officials said Sunday. The people of Walgak in Akobo County were migrating north …

Dozens dead, hundreds missing in South Sudan raid CNN International (CNN) — A heavily armed militia attacked tribesmen during a weekend cattle drive in strife-wrackedSouth Sudan, a government official reported Sunday, leaving behind dozens of dead and possibly kidnapping hundreds of others. Unarmed civilians “were …

UN Fact-Finding Team to Visit Site of South Sudan Killings New York Times South Sudan, Africa’s newest country, is struggling with a number of serious security issues, including bombing along the border of Sudan, violent protests in some areas and ethnically-driven clashes in others. On Friday, heavily-armed militiamen from …

South Sudan Town Cleans Up Garbage Voice of America BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN — Like most South Sudanese towns, there’s no such thing as a garbage truck in Bentiu, the capital of Unity state, to collect trash from the streets or in front of people’s homes. Nor is there a landfill or a town dump where …

South Sudan: UN Mission En Route to Assess Reports of Deadly Fighting in … AllAfrica.com “The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has received information from local officials from Walgak in west Akobo that an attack took place on Friday, 8 February, in the Manitor area,” Martin Nesirky, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, told …

Over 100 killed in South Sudan attack Press TV At least 103 people have been killed in a militant attack on a convoy of people and their cattle in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. A group of heavily-armed men loyal to militant commander David Yau Yau along with members of the Murle community carried …

South Sudan transforms DDR program to make it attractive to ex-combatants Sudan Tribune February 11, 2013 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s government has embarked on transforming the reintegration program into civil society of ex-combatants into sustainable income-generating developmental projects which will cater for their livelihoods outside the …

ICRC Facilitates Repatriation of South Sudan Prisoners AllAfrica.com Geneva — Sudan has released five prisoners of war (POWs) from South Sudan and repatriated them to their country in a move facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on 11 February. Upon their arrival in Juba, the five ex …

Aid agencies face violence in South Sudan Independent Online Juba – Aid agencies working in South Sudan, one of the poorest countries in the world, are under regular threat from members of the security services who beat or arrest them or commandeer their equipment, the United Nations said on Monday. South Sudan …

South Sudan POWs Return to Juba Voice of America JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — Five South Sudanese prisoners of war returned to Juba Monday, hours after they were released by authorities in Sudan, who had held them since the middle of last year. The five former prisoners of war arrived at Juba’s airport…

South Sudan Rebels Blamed After Scores Killed Voice of America Yau Yau began his rebellion against Juba in 2010 after failing to win a seat in parliament in the Sudanese general elections. He accepted President Salva Kiir’s offer of amnesty following South Sudan’s independence in 2011, but re-launched his …

South Sudan’s Machar calls on religious institutions to promote education Sudan Tribune He said the Muslim community in South Sudan should also play a role in cementing relations between South Sudan and countries in the Arab world and informed the gathering that the new country had already initiated diplomatic relations with many of them.

Sizzling South Sudan: Why Oil Is Not the Whole Story

After one of the largest economic contractions in history, South Sudan is ready to make a comeback. Bringing the country’s oil rigs back online will result in some immediate gains. Since oil production might have already reached its peak, however, long-term growth will likely come from exploiting the country’s vast agricultural land.

ALEX DE WAAL is Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation and a Research Professor at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138836/alex-de-waal/sizzling-south-sudan?page=show

Call for papers: Special Issue on Sudan & South Sudan

Call for Papers

UNISCI Discussion Papers: Special Issue on Sudan and South Sudan

UNISCI Discussion Papers invites the submission of original research articles for its special issue on Sudan and South Sudan. The current crises in these two countries highlight the need for discussion and reflection on the key issues surrounding South Sudan’s secession from the North. For further details including submission guidelines, please see the information below.

The history of Sudan, formerly the biggest African country and often considered “a microcosm of Africa”, has been characterized by inequality between the center and the peripheries and by protracted internal conflicts which have shaped the country since its independence from British and Egyptian rule in 1956.

After the independence of South Sudan on 9 July 2011 as the consequence of an overwhelming Southern vote for secession in the referendum held in January 2011, the partition has not provided a solution to the North-South conflict, which was ended with the signature of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005.

Yet a new crisis has erupted in the border areas, leading to a new war in Sudan’s new South, both in Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile States. The underlying causes of the new conflict are rooted in several key factors related to the outstanding CPA commitments and post-secession arrangements, including border demarcation, the issue of oil revenue sharing, citizenship and the status of Abyei.

While a cooperation agreement was signed in Addis Ababa in September 2012, agreeing to implement several agreements concerning oil and related economic matters, the status of nationals of the other state, border demarcation, and security arrangements, the implementation of these commitments as of today remains incomplete. The last summit meeting between the Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan held in Addis Ababa in January 2013 sought to push forward the key issue of the status of Abyei and the implementation of existing agreements, but the uncertainty and the ongoing tensions between North and South Sudan persist.

Although South Sudan has attained independence, the root causes of the North-South conflict continue to be present. As for Sudan’s other peripheries tensions are increasing, within the states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile while the Darfur conflict continues unabated, reflecting a constant pattern of exclusion that has historically manifested in social inequality and political asymmetries. There has also been serious inter-communal violence and renewed conflicts in several states of South Sudan, which reflects the complex context and challenges to state-building in the new state.

These current crises in the two countries highlight the need for discussion and reflection on the key issues surrounding South Sudan’s secession from the North. This special issue of UNISCI Discussion Papers seeks to approach these emerging crises between and within theSudans both as regards the understanding of Sudanese and South Sudanese’ internal dynamics and how these relate to the external influence of the major powers.

This is an indicative and not exhaustive list of topics, open to other suggestions and proposals:

• The whole set of outstanding post-secession issues which had remained unresolved during the CPA interim period: border demarcation and the five disputed areas, Nile waters, citizenship (the situation of southerners in the north and northerners in the south), the issue of oil revenue sharing and its economic consequences, the status of Abyei and the political situation in the Three Areas (Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states and Abyei).

• Wars in Sudan’s new South, including cross-border violence between Sudan and South Sudan, war by proxy in South Kordofan and Blue Nile States, and theDarfurconflict; causes, negotiations, regional implications, humanitarian intervention.

• Inter-communal violence in South Sudan and its political and governance context. Conflicts inside the state of South Sudan and the understanding of violence. The historical and political context from which South Sudan’s statehood has emerged.

• Social, economic, political and cultural root causes of the crises; unresolved political and social issues.

• The effects of secession on Sudan and South Sudan’s external relations. The relations with the neighbouring countries. The external power influences on the twoSudans’ politics. The role of regional and international organizations.

DEADLINES

• Abstracts (maximum 500 words) accompanied by a short biographical note should be sent to the special issue editor written below before 8th March 2013.

• On the 5th April 2013, the authors will be notified of the outcome of the selection process.

• The deadline for submission of completed articles is 20th July 2013 (see the instructions for authors).

• After the peer review conducted by UNISCI, accepted articles will be published in the issue No. 33 (October 2013).

*NB: Contributions will be accepted in both English and Spanish.

Contact: María Ángeles Alaminos Hervás, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), editor of this special issue.

maalamin@ucm.es; ma_alaminos_h@hotmail.com

UNISCI Discussion Papers (ISSN: 1696-2206) is the scientific, peer-reviewed journal officially published by the Research Unit on International Security and Cooperation (UNISCI), founded in 1989 as one of Complutense University of Madrid’s research groups. UNISCI members include more than twenty Professors and Research Fellows specialized in the field of International Security.

UNISCI Discussion Papers is a refereed and open access journal with 3 issues per year (January, May and October). All the articles can be consulted and downloaded –free of charge– from the following website www.ucm.es/info/unisci. The thematic scope is that of International Relations and International Security, both understood in a broad sense and from a multidimensional approach, open to different theoretical perspectives.