Archives for December 2004

Recent news reports make clear that Kenya's Energy Minister, Raila Odinga, is committed to importing Sudanese crude oil. Odinga's comments in justifying this new commercial relationship with the Khartoum regime are odious ...

The notorious South African mercenary outfit "Executive Outcomes" has apparently been reincarnated with a new name and a new mission: aiding Khartoum in its war efforts in the southern oil fields. According to a recent ...

What does Khartoum's continuing declaration of "jihad" against the people of southern Sudan mean? What does the National Islamic Front seek to convey when President Omar Beshir declares that "the armed forces will work to ...

"Talisman Energy in Sudan: Some Ugly Prospects for the New Year" It has become increasingly obvious that Talisman simply cannot find a buyer willing to pay the face-saving price that CEO Jim Buckee is demanding for its Sudan ...

Oil revenues flowing to the Khartoum regime have now enabled the purchase of highly advanced combat aircraft from Russia. As many as a dozen MiG-29's, one of the most potent fighter jets in the world today, will be shipped ...

There is a clear and deadly connection between oil development in Western Upper Nile Province in southern Sudan and the ongoing denial of humanitarian relief. Western Upper Nile is the area most directly affected by the ...

Though US-sponsored negotiations to extend a humanitarian cease-fire in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan are encouraging, the Government of Sudan is refusing to accept international monitoring of a ban on the bombing of civilians ...

The dynamics of news reporting, both in Canada and elsewhere, insure that even the most compelling humanitarian disaster will receive short shrift if it has neither large geopolitical implications nor dramatic telegenic ...

With the aid of a hodge-podge of partners---some nave, others deeply disingenuous---Khartoum has made great strides recently in re-writing the history of its long and deep involvement in supporting international terrorism. ...

"Playing Politics with the Sudan Peace Act" Eric Reeves [December 5, 2001] Smith College Northampton, MA 01063 ereeves@smith.edu 413-585-3326 The Sudan Peace Act---the only meaningful ...