Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 35

29-August-2005

Sudan

Khartoum, SPLM Vie For Control Of Oil Ministry

Sudans government in Khartoum and its governing partners from the souths Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) are vying for control of the countrys energy ministry. The parties are holding talks to form a new government, due to be established on 9 August but delayed by the death of the SPLMs leader, John Garang, in a helicopter crash on 30 July (MEES, 8 August). Officials now hope...