Sudan: Sweden Prosecutes Oil Company Executives for War Crimes in Sudan in ‘Trial of the Century’

Apr 2, 2026
GlobalPost
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Almost three decades ago, as a civil war raged in Sudan, authorities signed a contract with Sweden’s Lundin Oil for oil exploitation in an area of Unity State, in what is now South Sudan. The area, known as Block 5A, was relatively peaceful and under rebel forces’ control at the time.