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...great lengths (perhaps questionable ones) in order to have a spot on a boat to Cyprus. Many of the 100 or so other men milling around with him probably think the same. Theirs are tales of constant flight from one crisis to another. Ismael, for example, fled Darfur in Sudan to work in Iraq, until the Americans invaded and he fled to Syria, where he was arrested for entering the country illegally. For two months, his Syrian jailors beat him every day, he said, before releasing him to go to Lebanon."Where will I go now?" he asks...
Tatneft has been criticized for its links to the Sudanese government in Khartoum, which has been widely condemned for its condonation of the notorious Janjaweed militias responsible for perpetrating genocide in Darfur...
...after the divestment in April, the University again spoke about its holdings, saying that the divestiture “reflect[ed] deep concerns about the grievous crisis that persists in the Darfur region of Sudan...
...proving more and more to be one of thuggery backed by state enforcers. So he became an enemy of democracy, it's as simple as that. Violence is increasing in the oil-rich Niger Delta. How would you fix the problem? The situation in the Niger Delta is not Darfur, the Congo. It certainly is not Iraq. I am convinced that had there been sincerity on the part of the government this whole situation would have been resolved. But it is not too late. I think the chances are good for a resolution even within a year. You've been...
...think that my columns on Darfur helped put the issue on the international agenda, and that’s satisfying—but it would be much more so if the situation actually improved on the ground,” he writes...