Corruption Runs Deep in South Sudan

The Sentry published a detailed report in September 2019 titled "The Taking of South Sudan: The Tycoons, Brokers, and Multinational Corporations Complicit in Hijacking the World's Newest State."

South Sudanese politicians and military officers ravaging the world's newest nation received support from individuals and corporations from across the world who have reaped profits from those dealings. This report examines several illustrative examples of international actors linked to violence and grand corruption in order to demonstrate the extent to which external actors have been complicit in the taking of South Sudan. One of the complicit companies is Dar Petroleum. Chinese state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation and Malaysian state-owned Petronas hold 41 percent and 40 percent stakes respectively in the consortium.