Talisman Energy shares slumped badly yesterday to a 3-month low, on continuing very weak volume. And they're down C$1.50 in today's morning trading. Sure, the whole oil sector has been kicked around lately; but it's not ...

Talisman Energy has been fiercely criticized for its role as the only Western participant in Sudan's Greater Nile oil project. According to all credible accounts, this oil project and the revenues it generates are extending ...

The military situation in the oil regions of Upper Nile Province continues to grow more ominous for oil development companies. Moreover, there is now independent confirmation of the devastating attack on a major convoy of ...

Gerhart Baum, the Special Rapporteur for human rights in Sudan, faced serious questions when he was appointed to this extremely difficult and important job. Would he be as honest and outspoken in characterizing the Khartoum ...

Two recent publications of note (one from Newsweek [May 31, 2001], the other from The Guardian [June 4, 2001]) make clear that the Government of Sudan is accelerating its genocidal assault on the Nuba region in southern ...

Is Chester Crocker, apparent front-runner for the position of Special Envoy for Sudan, in a position to dictate to the White House the terms of his employment? According to a New York Times article of yesterday (May 31; ...