World Renowned Economist Jeffrey Sachs: Sanctions Won’t Help Darfur

From BBC:

World renowned economist Jeffrey Sachs has condemned the US decision to impose fresh sanctions on Sudan over Darfur.

Mr Sachs said this would do little to address the underlying causes of the four-year conflict, which he said was a squeeze on natural resources.

The ban on companies trading or banking with the US would do little to achieve peace in “one of the most desperate places in the world”, he said.

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