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Dr. John Garang de Mabior
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Canada Urges End to Conflict between Sudan and South
Sudan
 Foreign
Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following
statement:
"Canada calls on the leaders of both Sudan
and South Sudan to put their respective people first
and immediately end the most recent hostilities.
"Incursions and bombings must stop. Provocative
acts must be avoided. Peace agreements must be respected.
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CAPA visit to South Sudan
From January 18-21, the Canada-Africa
Parliamentary Association (CAPA) undertook a parliamentary
visit to South Sudan. During this visit, a delegation of
six parliamentarians and senators met with Government of
South Sudan officials, South Sudanese Canadians, NGOs and
others, and participated in a series of site visits to stablization
and development projects funded by the Government of Canada.
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Leaders launch one of Africa’s biggest
projects in Lamu
 Three
heads of government on Friday laid the foundation
stone for the envisaged Lamu Port, which is
billed as one of the biggest transport projects
in Africa in recent years.
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South Sudan, Kenya Sign Deal to Build Pipeline
 South
Sudan signed an agreement to build an oil pipeline
through Kenya, both sides confirmed Wednesday,
a move that stands to heighten recent tensions
over oil supplies between newly independent
South Sudan and its northern neighbor, Sudan.
The pipeline will provide a much-needed alternative
oil export route for landlocked South Sudan,
which seceded from Sudan in July 2011 but has
remained dependent on a pipeline infrastructure
and pipelines located in Sudan. A pipeline through
Kenya, the shortest path from South Sudan to
a seaport on the East African coast, would deprive
Sudan of its chief source of crude.
On Monday, South Sudan began closing down its
shipments of oil to its northern neighbor, accusing
it of stealing crude oil worth $815 million
since December. South Sudan's President Salva
Kiir said Sudan had also built a spur pipeline
to divert 120,000 barrels a day of South Sudanese
oil to refineries in its capital, Khartoum.
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Gen.Salva Kiir
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