Exxon-Mobil, World Bank Continue Murdering Impoverished in Chad

“It was at the very beginning clear that the government has adopted that law [for poverty reduction] only to get the World Bank approved oil project. Now that everything is finished and money is coming in, the government is doing whatever they want regardless of the agreement they have signed with World Bank or commitments they have made to use oil money to fight poverty.”

Delphine Djiraibe, Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights.

Lydia Polgreen, “Chad Backs Out of Pledge To Use Oil Wealth to Reduce Poverty,” New York Times, 12/13/05.