The battle has already begun to "spin" the meaning of what appears to be Talisman Energy's impending sale of its Sudan asset to India's ONGC. Talisman is, of course, getting major help from the high-priced Hill & Knowlton ...

Despite weeks of opportunity to reverse, at least partially, an accelerating slide toward a massive humanitarian crisis in southern Sudan, both the UN and the United States seem paralyzed. Neither UN leadership nor the US ...

The Sudan Peace Act has been considered primarily in terms of the House version of the bill, which contains potent US capital market sanctions against foreign companies complicit in the oil-driven destruction of Sudan. But ...

It is now two weeks since Tom Vraalsen, UN Special Envoy to Sudan, negotiated an agreement with the Khartoum regime that fundamentally compromised the principle of unimpeded humanitarian access to the people of southern ...

"'Not Acceptable!'" --- Andrew Natsios, Administrator, US AID Andrew Natsios, Administrator for the US Agency for International Development, has decisively rejected Khartoum's bid to undermine Operation Lifeline Sudan relief ...

Eric Reeves [May 28, 2002] Smith College Northampton, MA 01063 ereeves@smith.edu 413-585-3326 Yesterday, the National Islamic Front regime in Khartoum precipitated a massive ...