Amid Constant Conflict, South Sudan’s Economy Can’t Catch A Break
May 7th, 2025
Via The Economist, commentary on what a wrecked ferry reveals about war in South Sudan: Nobody is quite sure how the ferry sank. Ayuen Samuel, who manages the old shipyard in Juba, South Sudan’s capital, thinks it ran aground on this treacherous stretch of the White Nile after snapping its mooring. Others say it was hit […]
Read more »South Sudan’s Economic Crisis Threatens Its Fragile Peace
December 24th, 2024
Via The Economist, a report on what happens when a petrostate’s lifeline disappears overnight: SOUTH SUDAN could have been off to a good start. Thanks to its oil riches, the world’s youngest country qualified as a middle-income one when it got independence from Sudan in 2011. The new country also had minerals, livestock and timber for […]
Read more »Kiirdom: The Sprawling Corporate Kingdom of South Sudan’s First Family
November 20th, 2024
Via The Sentry, a report on South Sudan’s Kiir family’s secret business empire: Today, The Sentry published a massive trove of data exposing the control by the family of South Sudan President Salva Kiir over a secret business empire. “Kiirdom: The Sprawling Corporate Kingdom of South Sudan’s First Family,” provides a deep dive into the […]
Read more »Tullow CEO Sees Stunted Kenya Oil Project as Fix for South Sudan
November 8th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, an article on a possible option to help transport South Sudan oil: Oil company made Kenya discoveries more than a decade ago South Sudan’s exports have been held up by a broken pipeline Tullow Oil Plc’s delayed project to export oil from discoveries in Kenya by pipeline to the coast could be a […]
Read more »A Broken Oil Pipeline Plunges South Sudan’s Capital Into Chaos
October 21st, 2024
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report that the 1.5 million people in the capital of Juba grapple with a lack of power, running water, salaries and medicine as the nation’s key source of cash dries up: Around the Nyakuron Market in downtown Juba, the stench of rotting trash hangs heavily in the air. Traffic congestion limits […]
Read more »Chinese Oil Operator Mulls Alternative Pipeline With South Sudan
September 5th, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report on discussions between South Sudan and China National Petroleum Corporation about a new pipeline: Substitute pipeline could traverse Ethiopia and Djibouti South Sudanese leader met China National Petroleum’s chairman South Sudan and China National Petroleum Corp. are considering establishing a substitute crude pipeline as over-reliance on the existing conduit curtails exports. […]
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