Monthly Archives: November 2007

Sanctions bite

Economist Intelligence Unit In May 2007, when the US tightened its economic sanctions on Sudan in response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur, few observers thought the move would have much effect. Years of US sanctions—originally imposed during the previous north-south civil war—meant that bilateral trade and investment were already almost non-existent. Six months […]

Sudatel shrugs off US sanctions to expand in Africa

DAKAR, Nov 16 (Reuters) – U.S. sanctions on Sudan’s telecoms company Sudatel are having no effect at all as it pursues an expansion into Africa by seeking stakes in Nigerian and Congolese operators, its Chief Executive said on Friday. Sudatel, which is 26-percent state-owned, featured on a list of 31 Sudanese companies barred in May […]

New U.S. sanctions regulations open up south Sudan

CAIRO, Nov 6 (Reuters) – New regulations governing U.S. sanctions against Sudan mean U.S. businesses can now operate more easily in the semi-autonomous south, which is struggling to develop after decades of war with Khartoum, analysts said. An Oct. 31 notice from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has cleared up confusion arising […]

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