A weekly round-up of journalism about economic events in the two Sudans: 

First Saudi-Sudanese Economic Forum set (Saudi Gazette, 1 April) – Topics at the forum will include “obstacles that impede the flow of Saudi capital to Sudan.”

Trafigura signs oil export deal with South Sudan (Reuters, 27 March) – Swiss/Dutch oil trader Trafigura has agreed to purchase Dar Blend crude oil from South Sudan.              

Sudan official to ask clerics advice on Darfur blood money issue (Radio Dabanga, 27 March) – Tijani Sese suggests that inflated diyya payments are not traditional and may not be legal under Islamic law.

Harvesting gum arabic in Sudan – in pictures (The Guardian, 1 April) – Sudan’s prized export crop in pictures.

Ethiopia imports $1 billion in fuel from Sudan via Djibouti (Sudan Tribune, 30 March) – Ethiopia claims to save at least $10 million in transit-related costs yearly by importing from Sudan rather than from markets farther afield.