VOL. XLV

No 20

20-May-2002

SUDAN

Sudan RejectsSharing Oil Revenue With SPLA

TheSudanese Government has rejected a draft US proposal that it should share oil revenue with the rebelSudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA).The petroleum is a national wealth owned by the Sudanese people andcannot be the object of compromise, First Vice President 'Ali Othman Taha said in response to US press reports that PresidentGeorge W. Bushs special envoy for Sudan, Sen John Danforth, had proposed in a draft report to...