The Sudans One Year Later: Divided We Fall?

July 10, 2012 from Al Jazeera English

South Sudan is celebrating its first year of independence from Sudan, but has the split brought progress or regression for the two countries? Border wars with the north, internal violence and a shutdown of oil production are serious economic and security challenges for South Sudan. Sudan, meanwhile, has lost 75 per cent of its oil revenues in the past year. As a result, its economy is struggling with soaring inflation and depreciation of the Sudanese pound. Al Jazeera's Inside Story takes a deeper look at the two Sudans one year later.

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Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan and sometimes called North Sudan, is an Arab state in North Africa and the Middle East bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Repu... Explore this topic

South Sudan

South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan and previously known as Southern Sudan, is a landlocked country in east-central Africa that is part of the United Nations subregion of Eastern Africa. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city. The capital c... Explore this topic

Politics of Sudan

Officially, the politics of Sudan takes place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic consociationalist republic, where the President of Sudan is Head of State, Head of Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces in a multi-party system.... Explore this topic

2011-2012 Sudanese protests

The 2011–13 Sudanese protests began in January 2011 as part of the Arab Spring regional protest movement. Unlike other Arab countries, popular uprisings in Sudan succeeded in toppling the government prior to the Arab Spring, in both 1964 and 1985. Anti-government demonstration... Explore this topic

Economy of Sudan

Until the second half of 2008, Sudan's economy boomed on the back of increases in oil production, high oil prices, and large inflows of foreign direct investment. GDP growth registered more than 10% per year in 2006 and 2007. From 1997 to date, Sudan has been working with the ... Explore this topic

2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict

The 2012 Sudan-South Sudan border conflict was a series of clashes between the militaries of South Sudan and the Republic of Sudan between in March 2012 over oil-rich regions between the South Sudanese state of Unity and the Sudanese province of South Kordofan. Explore this topic

Anti-austerity protests

Anti-austerity protests, chiefly taking the form of massive street protests by those affected by them and some of them also involving a greater or lesser degree of militancy, have happened regularly across various countries, especially on the European continent, since the onse... Explore this topic

Extraction of petroleum

The extraction of petroleum is the process by which usable petroleum is extracted and removed from the earth. Explore this topic

Austerity

In economics, austerity describes policies used by governments to reduce budget deficits during adverse economic conditions. These policies can include spending cuts, tax increases, or a mixture of the two. Austerity policies may be attempts to demonstrate governments' liquidi... Explore this topic

Sudanese pound

The Sudanese pound is the currency of Sudan and also used in South Sudan until finalization of the introduction of the South Sudanese pound. Both Arabic and English names for the denominations appear on the country's banknotes and coins. Explore this topic

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