نائب محافظ بنك السودان يتهم الصين بتأجيج الحرب في السودان!!!!

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Sudan central bank deputy governor Elijah Aleng criticised China Thursday for promoting energy projects that in effect could worsen a four-year civil war in the strife-torn nation.

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Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the African Development Bank meeting in Shanghai, Aleng said Chinese investment in Sudanese oil could help fund weapons purchases in the northeast African nation.

"They might have good intentions but when you exploit oil resources and you sell it, and nothing goes to the populations, then you are financing the war against them with the resources," Aleng said.

China is the leading customer for Sudanese oil and a key supplier of military arms and equipment to Sudan.

About 200,000 people have died in the four-year civil war in western Sudan's Darfur region and two million more have fled their homes according to UN figures, although some sources put the death toll much higher.

China has been roundly criticised for not using its clout as a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council to force Khartoum to end the violence in Darfur, where ethnic tensions erupted into a revolt in 2003.

Aleng urged China to use its position to greater influence.

"We would like (China's UN vote) to be used in such a way that it creates harmony in Sudan, not discord," Aleng said.

Aleng's comments flew in the face of a speech by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the two-day African Development Bank meeting that stressed China's interests in the continent were well-intentioned.

"We are truly sincere in helping Africa speed up its economic and social development for the benefit of African countries and its people," Wen told the 2,000 delegates attending the meeting on Wednesday.