The Sentry is an investigative and policy organization that seeks to disable multinational predatory networks that benefit from violent conflict, repression, and kleptocracy.
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09.12.16
Quartz Africa: South Sudan’s leaders have been making millions of dollars form a conflict which has killed thousands
Leaders from the two opposing sides of South Sudan’s conflict have amassed millions of dollars in illegal wealth, even as their country struggles under a civil war that has left tens of thousands dead and millions of others displaced and hungry.
Documents obtained by The Sentry, a Washington-based watchdog, link the power struggle and armed conflict in the country directly to corruption, and a fight over who controls the country’s natural resources. The report, titled “War Crimes Shouldn’t Pay,” is the product of a two-year investigation into the wealth of both government and opposition leaders in South Sudan.
