Rebels in Darfur and Kordofan threaten to further break up the Sudanese state.
Neither country can profit from oil production without the other.
This is an internal Stratfor document listing significant meetings and events for the next week.
A Swiss-Dutch company has agreed to purchase South Sudanese crude oil.
Finding the Lord's Resistance Army rebels is complicated by persistent geographic constraints.
Political and security issues are hindering a settlement.
The shipment could challenge Cairo's willingness to secure the Gaza border and preserve a shaky cease-fire in Israel.
The alleged plot by 13 military officers shows cracks in President Omar al Bashir's power base.
The Islamist group's claims that it has launched locally manufactured long-range rockets are doubtful.