This blog is a commentary on various societal issues in Africa or related to Africa with an Afro-centric attitude. It is also an attempt to keep the author writing after suffering from writer's block [hence the light-hearted stories on the sidelines].
Sunday, 6 May 2012
Are there are hidden hands behind Sudan's oil war?
Once again Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir waved his walking stick in the air. Once again he spoke of splendid victories over his enemies as thousands of jubilant supporters danced and cheered. But this time around the stakes are too high.
An all out war against newly independent South Sudan might not be in Sudan's best interest. South Sudan's saber-rattling is not an entirely independent initiative; its most recent territorial transgressions - which saw the occupation of Sudan's largest oil field in Heglig on April 10, followed by a hasty retreat ten days later - might have been a calculated move aimed at drawing Sudan into a larger conflict. Read more here
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