Oil Squabble Could Re-ignite Sudan War - United Press International

Date: 
Sep 10, 2009

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Allegations that Sudan's Muslim-dominated government has short-changed its mainly Christian rivals in the south of up to $600 million in oil revenues could threaten a 2005 peace treaty that ended two decades of civil war.

The Britain-based Global Witness, which campaigns against conflict and corruption, claimed in a report published Monday that its findings raise "serious doubts about whether the revenues are being shared fairly."

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