Juba — South Sudan's parliament has voted against a bill seeking to make contracts and information about the young country's oil industry more transparent by making it available to the public.
The lawmakers' decision has created some public criticism. As well voting against the Petroleum Bill, which would have required the government to provide justifications for oil contracts with individual companies, MPs also voted against publishing sales and production data.
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