One last article that i read over my MEA weekend was also on yahoo and it was titled 9 Chinese Oil Workers Kidnapped In Sudan, and the author is Sarah El Deeb. Nine chinese Oil workers were kidnapped in a region rich with oil in southwestern Sudan in a city called Khartoum. Sudan's official are blaming a Darfur rebel group for the kidnapping's on Saturday also calling it a stab at developmental efforts in Sudan. The attack took place just outside of the western Darfur region, and none of the Darfur rebel groups who have fought the central goverment of Sudan for five years are taking responsibility. Although rebels have targeted Chinese interest's outside of Durfur in the past, saying that the Asian power's massive investments in Sudan"s oil sector have helped the goverment and it's fights in the region of Darfur. Although about a year ago one of the Darfur rebel groups threatening and warning the chinese to leave their country. This is the third attack on chinese targets over the past month and probably wont be the last. The close ties with China and sudan have only helped fuel the bloodshed in Darfur, which has left as many as 300,00 dead and have driven more then 2.5 million people from their homes since 2003.