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Rattling Sabers: Heading for War between the Two Sudans?
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Jacques Neriah - Since South Sudan seceded from Sudan in July 2011, there have been numerous clashes along their common border. The South's secession left Khartoum with output of about 125,000 barrels of oil per day and South Sudan with production of 350,000 bpd. Landlocked South Sudan has to use a northern pipeline and Port Sudan to export its crude. Sudan has confiscated some of South Sudan's oil exports for what it called unpaid fees. Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah was formerly Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Deputy Head for Assessment of Israeli Military Intelligence.