*Ø* Sudan Appeal
The Sudan emergency is a huge tragedy and the people need support. You can donate online to the Sudan Appeal.
"Some of the work to date includes aid flights delivering relief items by Save the Children, CAFOD, Oxfam and the British Red Cross. Planes have touched down in the West African country carrying aid including plastic sheeting for shelter, water containers and purification tablets, cooking equipment, tarpaulins and even a four-wheel drive vehicle to help get aid workers to hard to reach areas."
Money in action – member aid agencies bring the basics of life to Darfur
10,000 a month die in Sudan
Oil, Sudan and China
[In keeping with my belief that the three main things to watch in the world today are oil, Africa and China, here's an article that's a triple-header:]
"The U.S. push for United Nations sanctions against Sudan's government for failing to halt Arab-militia atrocities in Darfur is being thwarted in part by China's strong economic interest in this African country.
"When the United States cut off most trade with Sudan in 1997 for Khartoum's sponsorship of global terrorism, which included hosting Osama bin Laden, China stepped in to fill the void, nurturing Sudan's oil industry by developing oil fields and building refineries and pipelines.
"Today, China, with veto power in the U.N. Security Council, is Sudan's largest trading partner, according to CIA statistics. Sudan, which pumps 300,000 barrels of oil per day, is China's fourth biggest source of imported oil."
China's ties to Sudan complicate push for UN sanctions
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Africa's oil boom benefiting all too few
"With more than 4 million barrels of oil produced daily, sub-Saharan Africa's production surpasses that of Iran, Venezuela and Mexico put together, and the region has the potential to become as important a crude-oil resource as Russia or the Caspian Sea. The area has the additional advantage of being more politically stable than the Middle East, at least at this time.
"According to estimates from the National Intelligence Council in the United States, sub-Saharan Africa could fill up to 25 percent of U.S. fossil-fuel needs in 2015, compared to 16 percent now. In addition, the Gulf of Guinea, which extends from Nigeria to Angola, could become the first producer of deep-water offshore oil in the world."
Source: Japan Times
The Sudan emergency is a huge tragedy and the people need support. You can donate online to the Sudan Appeal.
"Some of the work to date includes aid flights delivering relief items by Save the Children, CAFOD, Oxfam and the British Red Cross. Planes have touched down in the West African country carrying aid including plastic sheeting for shelter, water containers and purification tablets, cooking equipment, tarpaulins and even a four-wheel drive vehicle to help get aid workers to hard to reach areas."
Money in action – member aid agencies bring the basics of life to Darfur
10,000 a month die in Sudan
Oil, Sudan and China
[In keeping with my belief that the three main things to watch in the world today are oil, Africa and China, here's an article that's a triple-header:]
"The U.S. push for United Nations sanctions against Sudan's government for failing to halt Arab-militia atrocities in Darfur is being thwarted in part by China's strong economic interest in this African country.
"When the United States cut off most trade with Sudan in 1997 for Khartoum's sponsorship of global terrorism, which included hosting Osama bin Laden, China stepped in to fill the void, nurturing Sudan's oil industry by developing oil fields and building refineries and pipelines.
"Today, China, with veto power in the U.N. Security Council, is Sudan's largest trading partner, according to CIA statistics. Sudan, which pumps 300,000 barrels of oil per day, is China's fourth biggest source of imported oil."
China's ties to Sudan complicate push for UN sanctions
Africa's oil boom benefiting all too few
"With more than 4 million barrels of oil produced daily, sub-Saharan Africa's production surpasses that of Iran, Venezuela and Mexico put together, and the region has the potential to become as important a crude-oil resource as Russia or the Caspian Sea. The area has the additional advantage of being more politically stable than the Middle East, at least at this time.
"According to estimates from the National Intelligence Council in the United States, sub-Saharan Africa could fill up to 25 percent of U.S. fossil-fuel needs in 2015, compared to 16 percent now. In addition, the Gulf of Guinea, which extends from Nigeria to Angola, could become the first producer of deep-water offshore oil in the world."
Source: Japan Times
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