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NUPENG threatens nationwide strike

NIGERIA THE Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natu-
ral Gas (Nupeng) has issued a two-week strike
notice that could lead to fuel scarcities in the
coming weeks, The Cable has reported.
Nupeng said on November 16 that it would
launch “nationwide industrial action” if certain
welfare and membership-related issues were
not “adequately and conclusively addressed and
resolved” within the next 14 days.
Among the many issues listed, Nupeng out-
lined the alleged termination of contract work-
ers by Chevron Nigeria workers because they
had joined the union, and the non-payment of
salaries and title benefits by other companies.
The union said that contract workers work-
ing in oil mining licence (OML) 42 of the Nige-
ria Petroleum Development Co. (NPDC) were
being continuously owed salaries and allow-
ances for upwards of eight to 10 months, accord- statement said.
ing to The Cable. Nupeng is one of the 46 industrial unions
“Nigeria Agip Oil Co. (NAOC) and its con- formerly affiliated to the Nigeria Labour Con-
tractors are also owing contract workers’ salaries gress and an affiliate of IndustriAll Global Union
and allowances for upwards of 10 months,” the headquartered in Geneva. ™

Sweden to presecute two Lundin

executives for war crimes in Sudan

SUDAN/SOUTH SUDAN SWEDEN’S government has decided to pros-
ecute two senior executives of Lundin Energy
(then Lundin Oil AB) for complicity in grave
war crimes in Sudan between March 1999 and
May 2003.
“They are suspected of having been complicit
in war crimes committed by the then Sudanese
regime with purpose of securing the compa-
ny’s oil operations in southern Sudan,” said the
Swedish Prosecution Authority on November
11, in a statement announcing the decision.
Although the authority did not identify the square kilometres. The area had previously been
individuals by name, it indicated they had had spared from the effects of a civil war which had
decision making power in the firm, as one was been going on for years, but until 2003 it became
indicted for complicity from May 1999 to March one of worst affected areas.
2003 and the other from October 2000 to March Lundin said on November 11 that criminal
2003. Lundin Oil, which subsequently became charges had been brought against the Chairman
Lundin Petroleum, is now Lundin Energy. of the Board Ian H. Lundin and Director Alex
“In the prosecutor’s view, these two indicted Schneiter in relation to past operations in Sudan
representatives had a decisive influence on Lun- from 1999-2003 and 2000-2003 respectively.
din Oil’s business in Sudan,’ said the Swedish “Ian’s decision to not stand for re-election
Prosecution Authority in a press release. as Chairman at the next annual general meet-
Through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Lundin ing will allow him to focus fully on the defence
had started oil exploration in southern Sudan in against the allegations,” said Lundin’s Head of
1997 in Block 5A, which covers about 30,000 Media Commnications Robert Eriksson.

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