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South Sudan: Will Salva Kiir End Secrecy in South Sudan Graft-Riddled Oil Sector?
East African, 12 October 2021
South Sudan is under pressure to implement fiscal reforms and introduce transparency and accountability in oil revenue, in exchange for international support. Read more »
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South Sudan: Oil or Nothing - Dealing With South Sudan's Bleeding Finances
Crisis Group, 6 October 2021
Upon South Sudan's independence in 2011, many hoped the country's oil wealth would help build the state and lift citizens out of poverty. Instead, politicians have shunted these… Read more »
Pressure on South Sudan to End Secrecy In Oil Sector
South Sudan has been on the global radar for corruption in the oil sector since it became semi-autonomous in 2005, with various international human rights organisations accusing the country's leadership of allowing the military elite to loot the sector, while most of the revenue does not reach the national budget's books.
A combined effort by the International Monetary Fund's offer of the first Rapid Credit Facility in November 2020, and a group of reform-minded South Sudanese and their external partners, are demanding accountability in the corruption-riddled oil sector, writes Fred Olouch for The East African.
A new report by the International Crisis Group titled, Oil or Nothing: Dealing with South Sudan's Bleeding Finances, released on October 6, 2021 says the pressure is showing positive signs in a country where leaders have emptied state coffers, siphoned its oil income and mortgaged its future oil revenue.
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South Sudan: South Sudan Risking Cycle of War as Plunder Continues Despite U.S., UK Sanctions
East African, 3 October 2021
South Sudan's journey to recovery from conflict may take longer than planned as the country's elites dodge US sanctions and continue to bleed the national coffers. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyan Bank Link in South Sudan Bribery
Nation, 26 September 2021
Security printing firm De La Rue may have paid bribes to South Sudan officials through a Kenyan bank, this is according to a report by a United Nations body, which detail many… Read more »
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South Sudan: President Kiir Cancels U.S.$650 Million 'Sovereign Grantee' Deal
East African, 28 September 2021
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit over the weekend asked his Finance and Economic Planning Minister Athian Diing to cancel a Sovereign Guarantee transaction worth $650… Read more »
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