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An open letter to Kofi Annan, concerning his silence on the threats of oil development to humanitarian aid in Southern Sudan — from Eric Reeves, August 17, 2001

19 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 931 words

August 17, 2001 An Open Letter to Kofi Annan Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations United Nations Plaza New York, NY Dear Secretary Annan, As you are well aware, Sudan continues to ...

The Fate of the Sudan Peace Act in the US Senate, August 16, 2001

19 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1501 words

The Fate of the Sudan Peace Act: In the Balance Thousands of letters have already been sent to US senators, urging that the Sudan Peace Act as passed by the US House of Representatives be supported by the Senate. But a ...

Khartoum’s escalating war on civilians and humanitarian operations in Southern Sudan, Aguust 15, 2001

19 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1279 words

Khartoum's escalating war on civilians and humanitarian aid in southern Sudan A series of recent reports from southern Sudan makes clear that Khartoum has settled on a "military" policy of escalating attacks on civilians ...

Boston newspapers speak out on slavery and oil development in Southern Sudan, August 13, 2001

19 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1035 words

Boston speaks out against slavery and rapacious oil development in Sudan. Both the Sunday Boston Globe and the Sunday Boston Herald published searing accounts of slavery in Sudan---and both lengthy published pieces make ...

Confirmation of Sudan People’s Liberation Army Attack on Heglig, nerve-center of Talisman Energy operations in Sudan, August 8, 2001

19 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 862 words

Today's press release by the SPLA/M (Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement) provides important additional details about the attack on oil installations at Heglig, epicenter of operations for the Greater Nile Petroleum ...

Sudan Liberation Army Strikes at Heart of Oil Operations in Southern Sudan, August 7, 2001

19 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1305 words

Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Dow Jones News Wire, and Associated press are all reporting a major attack by the SPLA on one of the main oil field installations (at Heglig) in southern Sudan. It is unclear whether there have ...

Yet again, Khartoum intensifies bombing of civilian targets in Southern Sudan, August 8, 2001

19 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1524 words

There have been two extremely ominous reports from the United Nations "Integrated Regional Information Network" (IRIN) over the last several days. One declares that Khartoum's "indiscriminate" bombing campaign in southern ...

Documenting Talisman Energy’s Complicity in Civilian Destruction in the Oil Regions of Southern Sudan, August 6, 2001

19 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 3364 words

Scorched-earth warfare in the oil concessions of southern Sudan has been documented in yet another first-hand report by a journalist who has undertaken the hazardous journey into the region. Warren Strobel, of The ...

Canadians investing in the Canadian Pension Plan are investing in Talisman Energy, August 3, 2001

19 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 929 words

Canadians everywhere must ask anew about their complicity in the oil-driven destruction of Sudan. Maurice Vellacott, Canadian Alliance Member of Parliament, revealed yesterday that "the Canadian Pension Plan has invested ...

South African spurns Sudan bid for further corporate complicity in oil development, August 1, 2001

19 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 213 words

South African leaders have spurned Sudan's Foreign Minister Ismail and his bid to gain further corporate complicity in Sudan's brutally destructive oil development projects. Indeed, Mr. Ismail left South without any ...