Sudan

The parliament of Sudan will on June 29 review a draft election law ahead of polls scheduled for 2009. The law is one of many which must be changed in order to conform with the new... 2008-06-27

BMI View: We are forecasting real GDP growth in Sudan of 7.9% in 2008, followed by an even faster 8.4% in 2009. While growth in the oil economy looks set to slow, we expect the non-oil... 2008-06-27

BMI View: Sudan continues to run a large current account deficit, although we have revised down our forecast for the shortfall in 2008, on the back of our latest oil price forecasts.... 2008-06-03

Donor nations pledged a preliminary US$4.8bn in aid to Sudan in early May to boost the fragile 2005 north-south peace agreement. Sudan had earlier said that it needed US$6.1bn up... 2008-06-03

BMI View: BMI forecasts real economic growth of 10.7% in 2008, with output in the non-oil sector expected to rise by 10.5%. Growth in the oil sector, meanwhile, is likely to consolidate... 2008-05-02

Tensions have been ignited by the onset of the national census in Sudan. The census is a key part of the peace deal signed in 2005. It finally began on April 22 2008 and is set to... 2008-05-02

Sudan is aiming to boost production by 100,000 barrels per day (b/d) by mid-2009 as new projects come onstream, according to a statement by the Sudanese oil minister.