While Darfur burns, "middle-class Sudanese couples wipe off the dust to inspect new bathroom suites for sale by the roadside in central Khartoum, they can see a new vision of the city's future rising in the distance." Led by an oil-fuelled construction boom, "The big question, however is whether ordinary Sudanese will benefit from the oil wealth, or whether it will be kept by a small elite, as in countries such as Nigeria and Angola."BBC
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"Companies from China and Malaysia, which are closely involved in pumping Sudan's oil, are among the biggest investors."
This is such an important article and a more important indicator of the future of architecture... and so many people will never even read it.
"The United States is threatening to impose sanctions on Sudan because it has blocked UN attempts to boost the numbers of peacekeepers in Darfur, where at least 200,000 people have died in four years of conflict."
...And our hands are dirty with blood and oil.
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