Sudan

Land deals in Africa: What is in the contracts?
- IIED
- 01 February 2011
Report provides legal analysis of twelve land deals from different parts of Africa, and discusses the contractual issues for which public scrutiny is most needed.
How land grabs in Africa could herald a new dystopian age of hunger
- Guardian
- 28 January 2011
Africa is up for sale by the acre to the highest bidder. But how can rice exports from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia be justified?
Iran's export of $44m farming gear to Sudan
- Tehran Times
- 17 January 2011
Iran plans to produce wheat and sugar in Sudan and is ready to transfer its agricultural expertise to the African country.
UAE has a long history of support for Sudan
- The National
- 05 January 2011
Abu Dhabi acquired 30,000 ha of Sudanese farmland last June through the ADFD to grow alfalfa, a crop used to feed cattle.
Des ONG dénoncent des expropriations foncières dans le sud de la Mauritanie
- PANA
- 27 December 2010
Les ONG n'ont pas révélé l'identité des multinationales de l'agro-busness bénéficiaires des attributions foncières en question; toutefois certaines sources parlent de sociétés saoudiennes, soudanaises et même américaines,
Ackerland für Investoren - Land Grabbing im Sudan
- Deutsche Welle
- 21 December 2010
Dort sind in den letzten 2 Jahren schätzungsweise 20 Millionen Hektar Land ausländischen Firmen überlassen worden.
Agricultural land for investors - Why Sudans small farmers are being displaced
- DW
- 21 December 2010
The future of Sudan's small farmers looks uncertain
Gulf firms wary of investing in southern Sudan
- Reuters
- 20 December 2010
Political uncertainty and fear of conflict will deter several Gulf firms from investing in southern Sudan as it prepares for a referendum next month that will likely lead to the creation of the world's newest nation.
Egypt’s takeover of Sudan’s Gezira scheme
- Sudan Tribune
- 19 December 2010
News of the deal has aroused very vehement protest from the Sudanese Farmer’s Union and the tenants in the Gezira Scheme.
Islamabad and Khartoum discuss sending Pakistani farmer to Sudan
- Sudan tribune
- 05 December 2010
Islamabad government is negotiating with Khartoum a way to provide land and family visas to Pakistani farmers to enable them to farm in Sudan.
¿Están los inversionistas saudíes a punto de asumir el control de la producción de Senegal y Mali?
- GRAIN
- 29 November 2010
Un nuevo informe de GRAIN muestra como hombres de negocios saudíes están llevando a cabo ofertas en África que les daría el control sobre algunas de las tierras agrícolas más productivas del continente.
Saudi investors poised to take control of rice production in Senegal and Mali?
- GRAIN
- 29 November 2010
New report by GRAIN shows how Saudi businessmen are pursuing deals in Africa that would give them control over some of the continent's most productive farmlands.