The son of former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi has denied profiting from the South Sudan civil war. According to a corruption report conducted by The Sentry, Gideon Moi is one of the profiteers who have looted billions of dollars from South Sudan. Gideon Moi is a Kenyan politician who has served in the Senate […]

Actor George Clooney and activist John Prendergast, co-founders of The Sentry Foundation, are calling for action against multi-national companies and brokers who are profiting off the violence and instability in South Sudan. CNN’s Nima Elbagir spoke with them about their campaign to stop what they call the “looting” of the central African nation. Click here to […]

Actor George Clooney has called for action against multinationals, western tycoons and brokers who have profited from South Sudan’s violent instability, warning policy makers that “if you don’t care” what happens in South Sudan its problems “will end up on your doorstep.” “Global warming is making the desert larger, violence is moving people off the land — […]

An array of international profiteers from the US, the UK, Asia, and Africa have been taking advantage of the war in South Sudan to amass wealth at the expense of the suffering masses. These profiteers are not only cutting multimillion-dollar deals with top South Sudan government officials and their families, but have engineered massacres and […]

Der Südsudan war keine zwei Jahre alt, als 2011 der Krieg begann. Und General Gregory Vassilli Dmitry – kein Russe, sondern Südsudanese und Schwager von Staatschef Salva Kiir – wusste gleich, wo ein Hauptschauplatz der Kämpfe sein würde: “In Paloich werden wir beerdigt. Von hier gehen wir nicht weg”, sagte er Bloomberg News im Dezember 2013. Auch […]

Baringo Senator Gideon Moi is among a group of powerful international businessmen and multinational companies who are profiting from the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, claims a new report. The report titled “The Taking of South Sudan” was prepared by the Sentry, a non-profit investigative team founded by American actor George Clooney to monitor conflicts […]

South Sudan, a desperately poor country, pops up in global headlines only very intermittently. This was the case in the run-up to independence in 2011 and then in the civil war that has gripped the country since 2013. But don’t make the mistake to believe that such a desperately poor country cannot be the terrain […]

The corrupt financial transactions between some government officials and foreign companies should be targeted as the most effective way to curb the violence in South Sudan. This is the conclusion of research by The Sentry, an advocacy and investigation organisation based in the United States, which names individuals and businesses – including foreign state-owned oil […]

George Clooney and John Prendergast, Co-Founders of The Sentry, speak with James Copnall and BBC World News on The Sentry’s investigative report, “The Taking of South Sudan.” September 19, 2019. Click here to watch the video.

A large array of international players, including corporate giants in the United States and China, have profited from South Sudan’s long civil war, according to a report by a Washington-based watchdog group. The Sentry, which reports on links between corruption and mass atrocities in Africa, charged in its report released Thursday  in London that several […]

George Clooney’s monitoring group has warned the world to act now over alleged links between global corporations and foreign governments about corruption in South Sudan. The Hollywood film star co-founded The Sentry with US official John Prendergast – which has now blamed multi-national companies, greedy for oil, for funding fighting in South Sudan and profiting from […]

A South Sudanese oil consortium directly financed militias accused of committing atrocities in the country’s civil war, according to an investigative report released on Thursday amid growing calls for accountability for the conflict’s human rights abuses. The report by a watchdog group linked the consortium, Dar Petroleum Operating Company, in which Chinese- and Malaysian state-owned oil companies […]

A cabal of ruling elites and warlords in South Sudan have been propped up by a complex and global web of corruption that includes would-be American arms dealers, British business tycoons, and Chinese oil giants, according to a new report released on Thursday. The report, released by the Sentry, an investigative arm of the nonprofit group Enough […]

In july 2016 Riek Machar, a rebel leader who was then first vice-president of the world’s newest country, fled South Sudan on foot. Fighting had broken out in the capital, Juba, between his forces and those of the president, Salva Kiir. Under fire from helicopter gunships, some 2,000 of his soldiers and their families walked more […]

A South African aviation firm formed a joint venture with the National Security Service (NSS)  — South Sudan’s secret police, which has been implicated in a litany of atrocities, including extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions and torture. The firm, Vukani Aviation, was led by Nhlanhla Dube, a man who claimed to be the “commander of the presidential […]

Hollywood star George Clooney’s investigative project The Sentry on Thursday urged the international community to act over alleged links between global corporations, tycoons and foreign governments and rampant corruption in South Sudan. The Sentry — co-founded by Clooney and former US official John Prendergast — accused individuals and corporations worldwide of profiting from South Sudanese […]

The largest multinational oil consortium in South Sudan is “proactively participating in the destruction” of the country, the actor George Clooney and co-founder of The Sentry watchdog group told The Associated Press this week. A new report released on Thursday by the Washington-based group that reports on links between corruption and mass atrocities says it […]

Actor George Clooney and human rights activist John Prendergast sit down with CNN’s Nima Elbagir to discuss corruption in South Sudan. Click here to watch the interview.    

For the first time in three decades, Sudan has charted a path out of military rule following the formation of a power-sharing government by the pro-democracy movement and the generals who overthrew longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir. But the fragile transition will be tested as leaders confront a daunting array of challenges. Decades of war and […]

Sudan’s pro-democracy movement and ruling military council signed a final power-sharing agreement Saturday at a ceremony in the capital, Khartoum, after weeks of tortuous negotiations. The historic deal paves the way for a transition to a civilian-led government after the military overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir months ago and the more recent deadly suppression of […]