Archives for December 2004

The prospect of US capital market sanctions against Talisman Energy, November 2, 2000

14 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 520 words

The Financial Times (London), one of the world's premier financial newspapers, makes clear the danger Talisman Energy faces from the imposition of US capital market sanctions. The US Congressional action reported on is ...

Message to Talisman Energy from divestment campaign: “We will destroy your share price!” November 6, 2000

14 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 640 words

A very blunt message to Talisman Energy management---on the occasion of their recent financial self-celebration---from the divestment campaign working for a just peace in Sudan: "We will destroy your share price." No ...

Machakos peace process staggers under pressing deadlines, growing burden of policy expediency, March 14, 2003

14 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1907 words

"Machakos Peace Process Staggers Under Pressing Deadlines, Growing Burden of Policy Expediency" The peace talks underway at Nairobi/Machakos (Kenya) seem deeply imperiled on several counts, despite the optimism ...

Talisman Energy-generatd oil revenues fuel arms industry in Sudan, October 27, 2000

14 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 681 words

How is the Khartoum regime spending its Talisman-generated oil revenues? Today's Associate Press reporting (Oct 27) makes clear that Talisman's business partners have been as good as their word: the regime has been building ...

US Sudan policy sinks further into disarray, March 10, 2003

14 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1690 words

"US Sudan Policy Sinks Further Into Disarray: Key Agreements Now Lacking Enforcement, Renewal of Mandate" A clear sign of how poorly the State Department's Africa Bureau is handling Sudan policy is crystallized in its ...

Talisman Energy accused of deception on claimed humanitarian work in Sudan, October 23, 2000

14 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1019 words

Talisman Energy is blasted in today's Globe and Mail (Canada) for disingenuously associating itself with humanitarian work in Sudan. Most disturbingly, in making such "false statements" (the phrase comes from United Nations ...

Khartoum denied seat on UN Security Council, October 10, 2000

14 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 427 words

Sudan has been voted down overwhelmingly in its bid for a UN Security Council seat. When the final ballot of today's General Assembly vote was counted, Sudan had 55 votes and Mauritius had 113. It was a moment of moral ...

Khartoum directly violating February 4 [2003] “cease-fire” agreement, March 4, 2003

14 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1730 words

"Khartoum Is Now Directly Violating the February 4 'Cease-fire' Agreement: Militia and Regular Forces Continue Attacks Near Tam and Leer" A number of extremely reliable sources in southern Sudan and elsewhere in the region ...

A continuing compromising of the Sudan peace process, February 27, 2003

14 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 2163 words

"A Continuing Compromising of the Sudan Peace Process: The US State Department and the February 4, 2003 'Cease-fire' Agreement" There is a remorseless, inescapable logic to the peace process for Sudan, now set to enter ...

Khartoum’s bombing of Narus, Eastern Equatoria, September 18, 2000

14 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 900 words

The Khartoum regime, Talisman Energy's business partner, again picks up the pace of its savagely brutal aerial assault on civilians and humanitarian relief. Flying on Talisman-generated fuel, Khartoum's bombers today ...