SOUTH SUDAN: OIL EXPORT-FINANCED BUDGET LIES AT THE HEART OF A NEW POLITICAL DISPUTE

   Wed, 04 December 2019

International pressure to implement South Sudan’s ceasefire and unity government has subsided as the US withdraws its ambassador. However, a renewal of the oil export agreement with Sudan will allow the government to continue pre-export financing of its crude cargoes to fund its expansive budget that lies at the centre of a new dispute with the armed opposition over public spending.

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