While they stoked war and famine throughout their stillborn country, South Sudan’s top brass amassed fortunes with the help of international banks, businesses and brokers, according to a newinvestigation. Key beneficiaries named by the Sentry, an international advocacy group, include President Salva Kiir and former vice president Riek Machar, the two men whose deadly feud prompted South Sudan’s […]

South Sudan’s leaders have transferred millions of dollars of ill-gotten wealth outside the country while waging a civil war that has left nearly half the country’s people homeless or in urgent need of humanitarian aid, an anti-corruption group said Monday. President Salva Kiir and some his top associates, along with Riek Machar, the country’s former […]

Leaders of the two sides responsible for mass killings and rapes in the South Sudan conflict have amassed enormous wealth inside and outside the country, at least some of it illegally, according to an investigative reportreleased on Monday by a Washington advocacy group. The families and top associates of the principal opponents in the conflict, […]

In the middle of a hot, clear day on Aug. 21, roughly 2,000 people packed around the John Garang Mausoleum in downtown Juba to shout down the latest deal to end South Sudan’s nearly two-year-long war. Organized by the government, it was an event for true believers, those somehow insulated from the economic ravages of […]

The spectacle of failure in South Sudan is saddening. A nation that was brought to independence with the enthusiastic support of the United States, ending a long civil war, is now being torn apart by its own leaders. Millions in South Sudan are enduring hunger and disease. In the annals of nation-building experiments, this one […]

Actor George Clooney and human rights activist John Prendergast launched a project Monday that aims to expose people and companies that profit from conflicts in Africa. Called the Sentry, the project will attempt to monitor and report on the finances behind some of Africa’s deadliest conflicts and uncover links between corruption, violence and the plundering […]

As President Obama journeys to Africa, one human rights group believes a new strategy is needed to stop deadly conflicts in the region – by going after the money funding the warfare. This week, the Enough Project launched its initiative called The Sentry, which was co-founded by actor George Clooney. As Clooney explained, ‘we want […]

Hollywood actor George Clooney launched an initiative on Monday to track down and help bring to justice those funding and profiting from Africa’s deadliest conflicts, in a bid to fight corruption in war zones. Clooney joined forces with US human rights activist John Prendergast in a project called The Sentry that aims to investigate the […]

The involvement of elites in the South Sudan’s financial sector, particularly speculation in the parallel currency market by the well-connected, is responsible for the currency depreciation and inflation in the country, a new report said. The 16-page report, entitled “The Nexus of Corruption and Conflict in South Sudan”, was released on Monday by The Sentry, […]

Over the past 30 years, more than 2.5 million people have died in the various conflicts that have decimated Sudan. Brutal Janjaweed militias, responsible for many of the worst atrocities committed in Darfur, have been equipped by, supported by, and integrated into the Sudanese government’s state security apparatus. As such, the Janjaweed get financial benefits […]

George Clooney and activist John Prendergast have launched a new project focused on those who profit from Africa’s conflicts. The Sentry seeks to map networks and individuals who benefit from war, and includes a portal for anonymous leaks and tips from informants. “Real leverage for peace and human rights will come when the people who […]

Hollywood actor George Clooney launched a new initiative on Monday aimed at ending conflicts in South Sudan and elsewhere in Africa by tracking the money involved. The Sentry, founded by Clooney and John Prendergast of the Enough Project advocacy group, will investigate the ways conflicts in South Sudan, Sudan, the Central African Republic and Democratic […]

LONDON, July 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Hollywood actor George Clooney launched an initiative on Monday to track down and help bring to justice those funding and profiting from Africa’s deadliest conflicts in a bid to fight corruption in war zones. Clooney joined forces with U.S. human rights activist John Prendergast in a project called […]

George Clooney, the Hollywood actor, has launched a new initiative called The Sentry aimed at ending conflicts on the African continent by tracking the money that fuels them. The Sentry, founded by Clooney and John Prendergast from the advocacy group the Enough Project, will investigate the financing of conflicts in South Sudan, Sudan, the Central […]

WASHINGTON — Actor George Clooney has teamed up with the Enough Project, a global nonprofit group focused on ending genocide and human rights abuses, to launch a new initiative aimed at tracking and countering the money that fuels Africa’s deadliest conflicts. The investigative project, dubbed The Sentry, will use the same tools that many international […]

Hollywood actor George Clooney launched a new initiative on Monday aimed at helping end conflicts in South Sudan and elsewhere in Africa by tracking the money involved. The Sentry, founded by Clooney and John Prendergast of the Enough Project advocacy group, will investigate the ways conflicts in South Sudan, Sudan, the Central African Republic and […]