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03.05.18
Radio Tamazuj: South Sudan’s elite used oil to fund deadly militias, get richer – report
A new report from a group co-founded by actor George Clooney exposes high levels of corruption in the oil sector in South Sudan. The report sheds new light on how the country’s oil is used to support militias and ongoing atrocities in the world’s youngest nation.
The ongoing investigation by The Sentry, a group co-founded by Clooney and activist John Prendergast of the Enough Project, found that South Sudan’s elite is using the country’s oil wealth to get rich and terrorize civilians.
The Sentry report purports to describe how funds from South Sudan’s state oil company, Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet), helped fund militias responsible for horrific acts of violence…
