From Reuters:KHARTOUM/JUBA, Sudan, Jan 8 (Reuters) - A series of political squalls on the horizon in Sudan this year threaten to build into a perfect storm with the power to wreck a peace deal between north and south.
While much attention has focused on the conflict in the western Darfur region recently, the deal four years ago this Friday to end over two decades of north-south war looks ever more shaky as promises made at the time come due to be met.
Elections are scheduled by July ahead of a referendum on southern independence by 2011. But core issues, such as the position of the north-south border, have yet to be resolved.
Hanging over everything is whether President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will face an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court over accusations of war crimes in Darfur.
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My Comment: The oil concessions will change everything. Money and the power that it gives seduces everyone .... I do not expect the Sudanese to act any differently.
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