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The World Bank, acting on behalf of the South Sudan Electricity Corporation and the Ministry of Energy and Mining, seeks expressions of interest by 4 April from consultants to draft an electricity sector strategy

Although the exact number of casualties has not been independently confirmed, sources in Abyei said more than 20 people had been killed in fighting between the Dinka and Misseriya. The south claims the Khartoum government instigated the fighting to put pressure on negotiations and undermine the secession referendum process, which will deliver a massive majority in favour of secession.

The Government of Southern Sudan will not compromise in negotiations with the north over the status of Abyei, and is prepared to take up arms again if the impasse continues

The government is optimistic that a new mining bill will soon attract investment to help develop the country’s minerals potential and is drawing up model contracts and licences. Despite strong indications of high prospectivity for metals and minerals in South Sudan, a lack of data has meant that their potential has remained unrealised. But, according to senior officials at the Ministry of Energy and Mining....

In interviews with senior southern Sudanese officials and other players during the referendum period, African Energy has built up a profile of the expected new state’s plans to develop electricity, oil and other resources. The South Sudanese leadership has big ambitions, and the region has potential pockets of wealth, but there are real concerns about its lack of capacity to develop projects effectively

African Energy has seen an early copy of the investors’ guide to the new mining bill, which is due to be published by the Ministry of Energy and Mining at the end of January and distributed to companies.

Whatever the excitement generated by the January referendum, the road to an independent South Sudan will not be smooth. The nascent country has a lot of goodwill, but its institutions are in their infancy, it has virtually no infrastructure, and there are already serious concerns about capacity and governance.

Faced with the prospect of becoming a brand-new state with virtually no infrastructure, the South Sudan authorities are hoping to attract private finance for an ambitious programme of hydropower development

Government of Southern Sudan vice president Riek Machar has denied reports that the autonomous southern government has been calling for exploration ahead of the referendum on southern independence in 2011. Meanwhile, the national government has called on international oil companies to accelerate their operations, and, in the blighted territory of South Darfur, the governor has announced the start of exploration by Chinese operating company Petro Energy.

Building a pipeline from South Sudan through Kenya would not make economic sense, Sudan’s new national petroleum minister, a leading southerner, has said.

President Omar Al-Bashir has split the Ministry of Energy and Mining into three, installing southerner Lual Acuek Deng as oil minister

South Sudan is seeking expressions of interest (EoIs) from international investors for a proposed 50,000 b/d refinery in Akon.

Malawi plans to establish a national oil company aimed at ensuring security of supply of petroleum products. The government of South Sudan has said it plans to build a $2bn oil refinery to process its crude.

The latest threat to Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement is growing suspicion over the accuracy of the national government’s oil revenue figures, according to a report

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has ruled on Sudan’s disputed Abyei region, substantially redrawing the border and giving the Heglig and Bamboo oilfields to Khartoum.