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German Siemens to pull out of Sudan
German technologies group Siemens is planning to withdraw from Sudan, in view of the current humanitarian situation in Darfur region, a report published here by the [German newspaper] Die Welt said... The German firm is under pressure from US divestment activists who consider the firm as one of the western firms dealing with the Sudanese regime... Last October, Siemens signed a global frame agreement with MobiTel Sudan, part of Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) Group, to supply 2.5G radio wireless infrastructure... [also refers to divestment from Sudan by ABB]