Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 50

13-Dec-2010

Sudan

US Says Abyei Referendum Schedule Virtually Impossible

The US has expressed doubt that a referendum scheduled for 9 January in the oil-producing Sudanese region of Abyei will take place on time. The vote was planned to occur simultaneously with an independence referendum in South Sudan, with Abyei residents choosing whether to remain under the authority of the norths National Congress Party (NCP) or join a potentially newly...