https://www.earthmagazine.org/tags/sudan/ Recent content in Sudan on EARTH Magazine Hugo en-US American Geosciences Institute. All rights reserved. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/blogging-earth-south-sudan-secedes-what-does-mean-its-oil/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/blogging-earth-south-sudan-secedes-what-does-mean-its-oil/ <p>Today, <a href="http://csis.org/publication/southern-sudans-referendum">South Sudan is voting on whether to secede</a> from North Sudan. Although all votes have not been counted, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/08/AR2011010803388.html?hpid=topnews">signs point to the South becoming its own country</a>. But given that South Sudan holds more than 70 percent of Sudan&rsquo;s 5 billion to 6 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, a lot in this election hinges on oil, as <a href="http://www.earthmagazine.org/earth/article/3f4-7db-1-8">EARTH explores in its February feature</a>.</p> https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/changing-face-sudan/ Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:41:58 -0500 https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/changing-face-sudan/ <p>To say that things are changing in Sudan would be an understatement. <a href="http://csis.org/publication/southern-sudans-referendum">With a referendum on secession set for Jan. 9, and expected to pass</a>, and many issues to be negotiated between now and July 9 when the country&rsquo;s peace agreement ends, a lot will change over the coming months. And everything hinges on Sudan&rsquo;s most valuable product: oil.</p>