The war for Energy in Sudan

By : Vladimir Alexe
From Zuia "Daily newspaper, Sat, Aug.9.2008

Darfur lies on a sea of oil which is not exploited by Exxon, chevron or British petroleum, but by china, which is currently on a wide energetic expansion process in Africa, in competition with the USA. Unlike the IMF or the World Bank, china grans large, long-term credits, with smaller than the IMF interest, to the African states. More over, china is building residential districts, hospitals, schools, highways in these countries, granting support and assistance in different domains besides the entire drilling and extractive infrastructure, oil pipes, works in ports est.
The extremely special interest shown to darfur-a desert region in western Sudan-in the USA and European mass-media in the past years, the ”humanitarian” campaigns in which huge amounts have been invested , the actions taken by some personalities (George Clooney ,opera, Angelina jolie)with the aim “to save darfur ” is worth some explanations which -unfortunately – are seldom given by mass-media.
At first sight, darfur is an area in the west part in the Sudan haunted for years by a terrible drought, a desert area; over populated by Arab tribes and African black people – tribes that are in continuous conflict – an area where water is very precious because it’s rare, a cradle of arms and drugs smuggling, an area where slavery is in blossom.
But underground, in the subsoil of this region – in the subsoil of Sudan, in general there are immense reserves generating huge interest and hot conflicts among the USA, china and the EU.
Darfur lies on a sea of oil which is not exploited by Exxon, chevron or British Petroleum, but by china, which is currently on a wide energetic expansion process in Africa, in competition with the USA. Unlike the IMF or the World Bank, china grants large, long-term credits, with smaller than the IMF interest, to the African states. Moreover, china is building residential districts, hospitals, schools, highways in these countries, granting support and assistance in different domains besides the entire drilling and extractive infrastructure, oil pipes , works in ports est.

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