2010

The Swedish Public Prosecutor confirmed that a preliminary criminal investigation has been opened into alleged violations of International Humanitarian Law in Sudan during the years 1997 - 2003. ECOS calls on the Swedish, Austrian and Malaysian Governments to ensure appropriate compensation for victims.

Northern Sudan must develop agriculture and industries such as gold mining and ethanol production to decrease its dependency on oil, Sudan’s central bank governor Hassan said begin June.

The Norwegian Government Pensions Fund Global, better known as the Oil Fund, has ownership interests in three oil companies accused of complicity in war crimes in Sudan.

Article by Swedish paper "Polistidningen" stating that the Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt could be indicted for crimes under international law or actions that facilitated crimes.

With this new report, ECOS is calling on the Swedish, Austrian and Malaysian governments to investigate whether, as a matter of international law, the oil companies Lundin, OMV and Petronas ‘were complicit in the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity by others during the period 1997-2003.’

Satellite evidence obtained by campaign group Global Witness suggests an area in the far north of Darfur in Sudan is being explored for oil.

CNPC attempted to refute western media's claims that the company has adopted predatory and neocolonial development patterns in Sudan in its "2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report" released in Beijing on May 19.

The Secretary General of the SCC says political parties in the country must agree on the sharing of oil wealth, before a 2011 referendum on the possible secession of the south.

German NGO ECCHR filed a criminal complaint against Lahmeyer International over the abuses in constructing the Merowe Dam on the Nile in Northern Sudan. According to ECCHR, their reckless instigation of this building project left several thousand people homeless and destroyed their livelihoods.

China said it was willing to fund second port in Lamu which will serve the Ethiopian market and Southern Sudan which relies on Port Sudan. Japan is also said to have interest in the project.
In April, Toyota Tsusho announced plans to build an oil pipeline from South Sudan to the Kenyan coast, complete with an oil export terminal.