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Demands for Sanctions as Global Links to South Sudan War Exposed

Henry Ridgwell

   LONDON - The international community must do more to tackle networks of
   global corruption that are fueling violence in South Sudan, according
   to campaigners.

   The call follows the publication of a report detailing how corporations
   have profited from the country's civil war. The investigation by The
   Sentry organization -- co-founded by actor George Clooney -- shows the
   links among armed groups involved in the civil war, global oil giants,
   and British and American citizens.

   May 2013 in Upper Nile State, South Sudan. Celebrations are staged to
   mark the reopening of the Palouge oil field. Government ministers pose
   alongside Chinese workers and executives from Dar Petroleum--as the oil
   pumps are switched on in the world's youngest nation.

   Just months later, a brutal civil war erupts, killing hundreds of
   thousands of people.

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