ECOS' response to Dagens Nyheter's editorial "Fluffy Allegations". ECOS comments the editorial made several important points, but it fell short of providing an accurate account of the report’s content.

Houston-based Agar Corp. has to pay $2 million after it pleaded guilty for selling 14 oil field parts to Sudan in 2005, in violation of a US executive order.

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.

Two members of the Dutch Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) submitted questions in Parliament on June 11th about the alleged complicity of the Swedish oil company Lundin in human rights abuses in Sudan and the relationship between the Dutch Government and Lundin's activities in The Netherlands (text translated from Dutch by ECOS).

ECOS' reaction to the letter of Lundin Petroleum to its shareholders, reiterating the report UNPAID DEBT contains critical new evidence to support our position that Lundin, Petronas and OMV have violated norms of international law in Sudan.

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.