SUDAN SEPARATION FUELS STRIFE OVER OIL
February 1st, 2012
BY PAUL COCHRANE, IN BEIRUT; AND MOHAMMED YUSUF, IN NAIROBI
IN late January, oil production and exports came to a halt in South Sudan over a transit pricing dispute with its former overlord north Sudan. With no compromise in sight, the newly independent Africa country is mulling other transport options, but, even if production were to resume, it will be months - at best - before its oil sector gets back on its feet.
Oil has been a bone of contention between northern and southern Sudan for decades, with control of the precious resource a key factor in the ...
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