Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 44

31-October-2005

Sudan

South Sudan Forms Autonomous Government

South Sudan on 23 October completed the next step of the implementation of the January peace agreement with the formation of an autonomous government. The move follows the creation of the Government of National Unity in September following weeks of wrangling over who would hold the crucial oil portfolio in the end it was retained by the National Congress Partys (NCPs) 'Awad al-Jaz (MEES, 26...