A recent government-backed offensive by tribal militias against communities in oil-producing regions of southern Sudan has raised serious questions about Khartoum’s commitment to ending the 20-year-old civil war between the Arab- and Muslim-dominated regime and the mainly African, non-Muslim population of the south, according to international observers. The Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) is calling on supporters of the peace talks–including the United States, Britain, and Norway–to pay closer attention to pro-government militias which carried out the attacks and are being used by Khartoum to enhance its control of the Western Upper Nile oil fields that bring revenues of some US$500 million a year from European, Asian, and Canadian companies operating there. Full Story
About OODA Analyst
OODA is comprised of a unique team of international experts capable of providing advanced intelligence and analysis, strategy and planning support, risk and threat management, training, decision support, crisis response, and security services to global corporations and governments.