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August 25, 2005
Disputing Over Oil in Southern Sudan
Paul Redfern, a special correspondent for The East African, asked in the publication's August 22-28, 2005 edition: What do a former England cricket star, a South African businessman and the new leader of the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement have in common?
The answer, in a nutshell, is oil. And lots of it. For between them Salva Kiir, Phil Edmonds and Andrew Groves are the controlling influences in White Nile, a company that could in the near future exploit the vast oil reserves hidden beneath the surface in the Block Ba oil concession in southern Sudan.Mr. Redfern said, "The deal between the SPLM and White Nile, which originated in August 2004, is contested by Total, who say they were given the concession rights for Block Ba by the government in Khartoum in 1980."
The West's desire to have a steady supply of oil and profits seems to be the cause of such more trouble in the Middle East and Africa. Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 25, 2005 07:06 AM
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