Sudan's economic boom leaves many behind - 11 Mar 09

A peace agreement, signed last January, ended nearly two decades of civil war in southern Sudan and attracted billions of dollars of foreign investment.

A major reconstruction project is fuelling the economy, but many Sudanese are unable to take advantage.

Al Jazeera's Mohammed Adow reports from Juba.

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[shapingo]

Sudan actually has very good economic growth trading with China, but like all places in the world; the rich only help themselves.

Come one Nubia rebuild your empire.

[southsudanvoice]

invest in agriculture. from South Sudan

[malikazhar100]

Sudan will be the target of west soon.....cause west cant allow anyother nation to develop.

[monica24b]

@dmanasseh they are building schools, and have many other big projects like juba-nimule ailway but of course the media loves to focus on negative things going on in African countries .

[monica24b]

@johnnyabdullah If you're trying to say southern gov is completely responsible for the poverty you're living in a dreamland.

[theguyisinthailand]

BEER (Brewry) is the plant that is being built by the S.A. company(miller). just what evey family looks forward to, dad spending the weeks food money on getting drunk on the weekend. the world at it's best in a land that has a bright future.

[theguyisinthailand]

it is a cat 160h being used, u.s. money buys u.s. goods. china buys from china. this is how the people of the world support actions around the world. the goods can be food/meds or trucks/tanks to help or kill. i hope that people will stop the power game of control and just be good to each other.

[blakgoldz]

africas main problem is the dependancy on the west or on outside help like banks and oil companies, we can not only depend on natural resorces that will lead us on to a dead end, instead let growth take its course slowly let it be even be 20-30 years if it has to, at least this way you will be secured for the next 100 years. make your own destiny it won't be easy but it can be done through presistance..congrats to my ppl of southsudan! from eritrea..

[blakgoldz]

best thing the southerners can do now is to control the market them selfves, so that it doesn't get highjacked by greedy business men. instead of bringing out side help which is giong to cost billions, they should invest in higher education and encorage people to learn skills that can be utillized in the near future, like builders, technichians, engineers, doctors and so on. this way they are not depending on outside help but rather taking their destiny on to their hands. lets not forget

[message2blackwomen]

WHITE PEOPLE SHOULD BE KICKED OUT OF AFRICA!

How the Hell do you have a company come into Africa and most of the workers shown here are WHITES!!