"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."
As South Sudan continues negotiations with Sudan regarding the resumption of oil production and transit, the South Sudanese government says that it is developing its own industry and will start producing fuel for domestic consumption within the next eight months in order to avoid continued reliance on its neighbour.
Addis Ababa — Sudan’s President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir and his Southern counterpart Salva Kiir decided to continue direct talks on security and disputed areas for the third day, after failing to reach an agreement on Monday.
Since Sunday the two presidents flanked by their top negotiators discuss the operationalisation of the buffer zone to allow oil exportations. Sudan gave a conditional acceptance of the mediation’s map.
Nuba Students in Yida Refugee Camp Since June 2011 Sudan’s war-ravaged state of South Kordofan has been the scene of flaming conflicts between the Khartoum government forces and rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N).
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicated by the International Criminal Court over war crimes is coming under closer global scrutiny following complaints that Khartoum had reverted to severe repression after the south seceded in July.
Khartoum – A senior official from the disputed Abyei region has called for an immediate and aggressive intervention by the international community to break a stalemate on the fate of citizens in the oil-rich state.
KHARTOUM (Sudan) – If you exclude the town centre, Khartoum is a city without reference points. Streets, houses, even air have the colour of the desert sand that covers everything. The closer you get to the suburbs, the fewer the brick houses and the more these are substituted with short buildings with mud bricks baked in the sun, next to shacks made out of salvaged materials held together by a few wooden sticks. It is the sign that you are entering the refugee camps.
Ory Okolloh, the Executive Director of Ushahidi , is from Kenya but currently lives in Johannesburg. Her blog is "outlet for her opinions. While it is primarily focused on Kenya, she reserves to write about whatever she wants."
Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian social justice activist living in Spain, with a background in technology, gender issues and human rights. She is interested in creating a community of grassroots African bloggers as a way for Africans to exchange ideas, share experiences and tell their own stories in our own words.
Native of Cape Town, Sean Jacobs lives in Brooklyn, New York and teaches in Manhattan. He obsesses about the relationship between politics and popular culture, but the main rationale for his blog is to comment on what passes for media coverage of the African continent.
Rosebelle Kagumire is an experienced Ugandan Journalist. She won the best Journalist blogger English category at the Panos hosted competition in 2009. Currently she is a student of MA. Media, Conflict and Peace studies at University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica.
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