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Christian Aid report on oil development in Southern Sudan: Part III, March 22, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1429 words

Western and Asian oil companies in Sudan: deliberately refusing to see the immensely destructive consequences of their presence. The Christian Aid report of last week presents in painfully authoritative detail the ...

Christian Aid report on oil development in Southern Sudan: Part II, March 21, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1346 words

The war on humanitarian relief by the Government of Sudan. The Christian Aid report ("Scorched Earth: Oil and War in Sudan," March 13, 2001) presents, as part of its larger assessment, a devastating indictment of the ...

Christian Aid report on oil development in Southern Sudan: Part I, March 20, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1054 words

The most authoritative, detailed, and fully-researched account of oil development in southern Sudan was released last week by Christian Aid (UK). It is a savage indictment of Talisman Energy, Lundin Oil, Petronas (Malaysia), ...

Scorched-earth Warfare in Southern Sudan’s Oil Regions: A compendium of evidence, March 7, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 3892 words

SCORCHED-EARTH WARFARE AND OIL DEVELOPMENT "SECURITY" IN SOUTHERN SUDAN: A Compendium of Evidence Despite overwhelming evidence in the form of testimony from eyewitnesses, extensive reporting directly from the oil regions ...

Lundin Oil (Sweden) and OMV (Austria) Celebrate Major Oil Discovery amidst Carnage in Southern Sudan, March 6, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 830 words

Lundin Oil of Sweden and OMV of Austria celebrate a major oil discovery in southern Sudan's Upper Nile province; the Nuer populations destroyed and displaced by these oil operations have not joined in the celebration. Eric ...

Human Rights Watch appeal on factional fighting in Southern Sudan, February 4, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 3494 words

Human Rights Watch has issued an urgent appeal to US Secretary of State Colin Powell to help end factional fighting in southern Sudan---fighting which has heightened the already serious risk of famine. And in urging ...

Talisman Energy resorts to disingenuousness to justify continued presence in Sudan, March 2, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1275 words

Ignorance or disingenuousness from Talisman Energy's Jim Buckee reflected in his perceptions of US policy toward Sudan. Eric Reeves [March 2, 2001] Smith College Northampton, MA ...

Talisman Energy begins a massive new share buy-back amidst intensely distressed share-price, March 1, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1420 words

Talisman Energy confirms a massive new share buy-back in its continuing effort to bolster distressed share price---but there is no mention of Sudan. This characteristic disingenuousness is hardly surprising, but stands in ...

The Presbyterian Church (USA) Votes to Divest from Talisman Energy, February 25, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1009 words

In extraordinarily important divestment news, the Presbyterian Church (USA) has voted to divest from Talisman Energy, citing Talisman's appalling complicity in exacerbating civil war in Sudan, its dependence upon ...

Report by UN Special Rapporteur for Sudan, Dr. Leonardo Franco, February 23, 2001

18 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 668 words

What objective reporting has there been on the role of oil development in generating human destruction and displacement in Upper Nile and other provinces of southern Sudan? In fact, there has for some time now been a ...