Darfur Daily News: June 09, 2005

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http://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/

Friday, June 10, 2005


"Friedhelm Eronat: 'Briton' named as buyer of Darfur oil rights
Further to next post below, here is a June 10, 2005 report in The Guardian by David Leigh and Adrian Gatton.

A millionaire British businessman, Friedhelm Eronat, was named last night as the purchaser of oil rights in the Darfur region of Sudan, where the regime is accused of war crimes and where millions of tribespeople are alleged to have been forced to flee, amid mass rapes or murders.

The disclosure was greeted with outrage by human rights campaigners. "From a moral point of view these people are paying a government whose senior members may end up in front of the international criminal court for war crimes," Simon Taylor, director of Global Witness, said yesterday."

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Here is the DU discussion posted by robbo2356
Didn`t we just know it: seeking oil in Darfur


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1538180

Here is a DU discussion posted by ckramer and posted under the heading: Bush, Annan discuss Darfur crisis

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1537406

Bush, Annan discuss Darfur crisis

"President Bush told U.N. Secretary General Koffi Annan the United States supports NATO efforts to help deploy African peacekeepers in southern Sudan.

Spokesman Scott McClellan said the assurance was given in a telephone conversation initiated by the U.N. chief who had just visited Africa.

African nations hope to expand the number of troops in Sudan to as many as 8,000 to try to stop the violence between Sudan's Muslim population in the north and its Christian and animist population in the south.

Hardest hit is the region of Darfur, where an estimated 200,000 people have been killed."

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http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=87278&cat=World

http://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/

New bid to stop Darfur fighting

"BBC confirms June 10 peace talks between Khartoum regime and two Darfur rebel groups have resumed in Nigeria after a six-month break. "

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4079636.stm


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NATO to airlift AU troops into Darfur

http://www.flickr.com/photos/meandophelia/18510711/


Photo:

" NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) listens to NATO's Supreme Allied Commander for Europe General James Jones on the second day of a NATO defense ministers meeting at NATO headquarters, Brussels, June 10, 2005. NATO defense ministers gave the green light on Thursday to an operation to airlift extra African troops to Darfur, the alliance's first mission on the continent. Reuters/Francois Lenoir - Jun 10, 2005."