Thursday 31 December 2009

Oil and Violence in Sudan

There can be little question that access to and control of petroleum wealth plays a
critical role in sustaining and escalating the Sudanese civil war. Arguably, the degree
of stability and control enjoyed by the government in the North is at least partially a
function of the southern resources it controls3.
This case study urges the integration of the links between resource extraction and
community insecurity in corporate management decisions, and calls for greater
international political will in preventing the sale of valuable commodities – not only oil,
but also timber, diamonds, gold and other minerals from exacerbating conflict and
human suffering.
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