RFI: South Sudan’s oil company used to fund militia, reports claim

Global Witness and The Sentry say that millions of dollars from the Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet) have been used to finance the military and militia loyal to the government, possibly making the company complicit in atrocities committed in the conflict.

The NGOs have examined thousands documents – some in the public domain and some leaked – and have both come to damning conclusions about how South Sudan’s oil revenue is spent.

The Sentry has documented more than €70 million paid to politicians, military officials and security agencies.

It also claims to have evidence that Nilepet used funds to support a Dinka militia known as the White Army – a group accused of atrocities, including the 2016 attack on the UN compound in Malakal where dozens of civilians were killed…

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