Kuleli sonto izishoshovu ezivela emazweni angamashumi amabili zivule umkhankaso ngokumelene ne-US energy corporation i-Kerr-McGee, esebenzisana nohulumeni waseMorocco ukuxhaphaza i-Western Sahara edlayo.
Inhloso yalo mkhankaso ukucindezela abanikazi bamasheya bakwa-Kerr-McGee ukuthi baphoqe inkampani ese-Oklahoma City ukuthi ihlukane nokusebenzelana kwayo nohulumeni waseMorocco.
Ngo-2001, uhulumeni waseMorocco wangena esivumelwaneni ne-Kerr-McGee (NYSE: KMG) kanye ne-France's Total ukuze bahlole izindawo ezingase zigcinelwe uwoyela eNtshonalanga Sahara. I-Total kamuva yashiya isigxobo sayo.
Ngo-1975, iMorocco yahlasela iWestern Sahara. Ngaleso sikhathi, iNtshonalanga Sahara yayiyikoloni laseSpain. ISpain, ngaphansi kwengcindezi evela e-US, yadlulisela ikoloni layo eMorocco ngaphambi kokuba abantu bomdabu bavotele ikusasa labo. Nakuba iNkantolo Yobulungisa Yamazwe Ngamazwe kanye nezinqumo ezimbalwa zomkhandlu wezokuphepha we-UN kanye nomhlangano omkhulu zicele iMorocco ukuthi ivumele abantu baseWestern Sahara ilungelo labo lokuzikhethela, umbuso wobukhosi nowobushiqela eMorocco wenqabile ukuvumela ivoti.
Uma nje abantu bengavunyelwe ukuvota, iWestern Sahara iyikoloni lokugcina lase-Afrika ngokusemthethweni. Kukholakala kabanzi ukuthi abantu baseWestern Saharans - abavame ukubizwa ngokuthi "amaSahrawis" - bangavotela ukuzimela uma benikezwa ithuba.
Alikho izwe emhlabeni elamukela ubukhosi baseMoroccan ngaphezu kweNtshonalanga Sahara, nakuba amazwe angaphezu kuka-70 aye aqaphela uhulumeni wokudingiswa waseWestern Sahara.
Naphezu kokungaguquki kweMoroccan, inhlangano yenkululeko yaseWestern Sahara, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Polisario Front, ibambe iqhaza ohlelweni lokuthula oluhlelwe yi-UN kusukela ngo-1991. Ngaphambi kwalokho, i-Polisario, ngokusekelwa okuqinile okuvela e-Algeria engumakhelwane, yalwa impi ephumelelayo yokulwa ne-Morocco. . I-Polisario isebenza emakamu ababaleki eduze kwase-Tindouf, e-Algeria, lapho iningi lamaSahrawis labaleka khona ngo-1976 kulandela ukuthunjwa ngesihluku kweMoroccan kwezwe lakubo.
URichard Knight, oyilungu le-Association of Concerned Africa Scholars kanye nomkhulumeli we-Western Sahara Resource Watch, waphawula ukuthi "Kuyamangaza ukuthi u-Kerr-McGee akakaqondi isimo sezombusazwe, ezomthetho kanye nobuntu benhlekelele abayibangela eSahrawi. abantu. Sekuyiminyaka emithathu inkampani yenqaba ukulalela izingxabano zethu. Manje sethemba ukuthi sizothola usizo kubanikazi bamasheya bayo."
Kusukela u-Kerr-McGee asayina inkontileka yokuhlola kabusha ngo-2001, iMorocco ivimbe inqubo yokuthula esekelwa yi-UN. I-Morocco isize yalwenqaba uhlelo oluhle olubekwe ngowayenguNobhala Wezwe waseMelika u-James Baker futhi lwagunyazwa yi-U.S. emkhandlwini wezokuphepha we-UN. Imisebenzi ka-Kerr-McGee isivele imise imizamo yokuthula futhi ibe nomthelela ekwenyukeni kwezingxabano phakathi kwe-Algeria ne-Morocco.
Umtshali-zimali oyedwa omkhulu usevele wehluka ku-Kerr-McGee - umphathi wesikhwama saseNorway u-Skagenfondene uthengise amasheya akhe angu-100.000, okuthatha ukulahlekelwa kwamadola ayizigidi ezimbili. Ngenxa yokunaka okukhulu okungekuhle emisebenzini ka-Kerr-McGee ezindaweni ezithathiwe, bathathe amasheya njengayingozi kakhulu. Manje iNorwegian Petroleum Fund ephethwe nguhulumeni icabanga ukuthi kufanele yini ithengise amasheya ayo, alinganiselwa emalini engaphezu kuka-$7 million.
Umkhankaso ucela abanikazi bamasheya ukuthi babambe iqhaza njengabatshalizimali abakhuthele, okuthonya i-KMG ukuthi ingavuseleli inkontileka yayo ne-Morocco ngoMeyi 1st. Uma ingcindezi eyakhayo yabanikazi bamasheya ingaphumeleli ekuguquleni inqubomgomo ye-KMG, umkhankaso ufuna ukuthi abatshalizimali bahlukane.
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