May 25, 2001 Thomas Ekvall, Chair of United Nations Systems Khartoum, Sudan Dear Mr. Ekvall: It is my understanding that you very recently chaired a meeting in Khartoum of the "Humanitarian Aid Forum" at which a ...

Canadian Foreign Minister John Manley yesterday issued a statement on Sudan, with a title "expressing concern over the situation." But the statement does nothing at all to advance Canadian policy toward Sudan; it does ...

How angry are the people of southern Sudan at Canada for allowing Talisman Energy to remain complicit in the oil-destruction of their lives, land and livelihood? Sudanese Bishop Macram Max Gassis, now in Ottawa, gives a ...

In an extraordinary development, Royal Dutch Shell announced yesterday that it will now try to prevent supplies of its aviation fuel from being used by Khartoum's military aircraft, in particular the Antonov bombers that have ...

The report released yesterday by a Canadian/British human rights assessment mission recently in the oil regions of southern Sudan reveals, among other things, Canadian corporate complicity in war crimes and massive violations ...

Talisman Energy's role in scorched-earth warfare against civilians in southern Sudan has been documented by yet another human rights assessment mission. A Canadian/British team just back from Sudan has established, clearly ...

Today's Financial Times (London) reports that Talisman Energy is under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for having "failed to disclose material information with respect to their operations in Sudan." ...

Tragically, a plane of the International Committee of the Red Cross has been shot over southern Sudan, killing a young Danish co-pilot aboard the plane. The inevitable question is: who is responsible for such a heinous act? ...

Canada's foreign minister John Manley is raising claims of impotence to a new rhetorical art form. He declares in a recent Canadian Press news story (attached below) that Talisman-generated oil revenues are "fuelling the ...

Foreign Minister John Manley owes the people of Canada, and the people of southern Sudan, an answer: does he believe Talisman Energy's claim that helicopter gunships use Talisman facilities for "defensive purposes only"---or ...