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Watchdog Report Claims Profiteers Have Looted Billions From South Sudan

Carol Van Dam

   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 business owners and corporate entities engaged in
   widespread, government-sanctioned corruption, leading to the deaths of
   hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese during the civil war.
   "Dar Petroleum, a multinational oil consortium led by the China
   National Petroleum Corporation, is not just a passive beneficiary of
   the horrific status quo. The company actively participated in the
   destruction of South Sudan," George Clooney, an actor and co-founder of
   The Sentry, said at the group's news conference in London.
   The oil giant "supported deadly militias, polluted communities,
   endangering hundreds of thousands of people, and paid off government
   officials along the way," Clooney said.

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