Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 3

16-January-2006

Sudan

Division Of Sudans Oil Revenues Remains Major Hurdle, Says UN Representative

The UN special representative in Sudan, Jan Pronk, has said that although last Januarys peace agreement is still holding, the division of Sudans oil revenue remains a major hurdle to future development. Under the agreement, the countrys oil wealth (mostly from the south) is supposed to be shared equally between the norths government in Khartoum, and the...