Even as it receives a billion pounds of free food from international donors, Sudan is growing and selling vast quantities of its own crops to other countries, capitalizing on high global food prices at a time when millions of people in its war-riddled region of Darfur barely have enough to eat. Full Story »
Posted by Leo Romero
Articles like this help readers appreciate the scope of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. I would like to know more, however, about the role international banking plays in the Sudanese government's agricultural export plans. Third world countries, like Sudan, seeking international loans are usually desperate to prove they are active in the competitive world market. While the results of placing the desire for international exports over the needs to the citizenry may ultimately be completely self-serving, Khartoum is certainly not alone in devaluing the worth of Darfurians. It would appear international lenders prefer to gamble on business or government consumers in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
