Vol 42 No 6 | SUDAN Opening new fronts in the oil war 23rd March 2001 Petrodollars are financing Khartoum's diplomacy and its war against the south The Khartoum regime's drive to become a major oil producer is systematically killing Sudan's southern citizens and and destroying their homes. Backed by Western and Asian companies...
Vol 42 No 6 | SUDAN A stake in the oil war 23rd March 2001 Foreign companies benefitting from the oil bonanza include: The pipeline: built by the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the line consists half of Chinese pipe, half of...
Vol 42 No 4 | SUDAN Back to gaol 23rd February 2001 The arrest of the National Islamic Front government's founding father, Hassan el Turabi, on 21 February sent ripples of glee through Sudanese communities: the previous two times he...
Vol 42 No 2 | EGYPTSUDAN Pharaoh speaks 26th January 2001 Cairo is trying to coopt Western governments, Algeria and Saudi Arabia into a scheme to present President George W. Bush's new team with a detailed ready-made policy for dialogue w...
Vol 41 No 20 | SUDAN No room at the Security Council 13th October 2000 The NIF regime fails to shed its pariah status after its bruising battle to win support at the United Nations As we went to press, Sudanese were still celebrating Khartoum's failure to get elected to the United Nations Security Council on 10 October. This is the same Council which imposed ...
Vol 41 No 20 | SUDAN Duel in Khartoum 13th October 2000 The National Islamic Front still gets foreign mileage from the much hyped dispute between President Omer el Beshir and chief ideologue Hassan el Turabi. At home, the quarrel has ta...
Vol 41 No 18 | SUDAN A bell rings 15th September 2000 A multinational part-owned by the World Bank's International Finance Corporation is making a deal with Sudan Telecom (Sudatel), a majority of whose shares are controlled by the Nat...
Vol 41 No 16 | SUDANUNITED KINGDOM Intimidation 4th August 2000 Some of the questions we ask may be too personal but our aim is to ensure that you will not become a burden on the British taxpayer'. This daunting message, posted up in Arabic, gr...
Vol 41 No 14 | SUDAN Hall of mirrors II 7th July 2000 Due to Transatlantic crossed wires, we said 'the son of TotalFina boss Thierry Desmarest is married to Canadian Premier Jean Chrétien's daughter, provoking discussions in pa...
Vol 41 No 13 | SUDAN Hall of Mirrors 23rd June 2000 The Khartoum regime is brutal and repressive but the UN may lift sanctions The National Islamic Front government's bid to get United Nations sanctions lifted and claim a seat at the international table is reaching a climax. It could well succeed. Yet as A...