Sudan

BMI View: Sudan's agricultural sector has considerable potential to attract investment, thanks to a plentiful water supply and a variety of favourable climatic conditions. Burgeoning... 2008-08-19

French oil giant Total is reportedly set to begin drilling in southern Sudan's oil block B having recently reclaimed its rights to the 67,000 square kilometre area. The company... 2008-07-28

BMI View: Oil prices are still above US$120 per barrel despite having come off their highs, and as such we leave our forecast for exports of goods and services in 2008 unchanged... 2008-07-25

BMI View: The pending arrest warrant for Sudan's President al-Bashir raises the level of security risk in the country, since rebel groups will now be less likely to adhere to the... 2008-07-22

BMI View: We expect inflation to enter the double digits in Sudan in 2008, driven by food price rises and fiscal laxity. Moreover, the central bank will find it difficult to rein... 2008-06-27

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