The Sentry published in April 2020 a report titled "Untapped and Unprepared: Dirty Deals Threaten South Sudan's Mining Sector."
Ineffective accountability mechanisms, an opaque corporate landscape, and inadequate due diligence have exposed South Sudan's mining sector to abuse by bad actors within the country's ruling clique. South Sudan's mineral wealth could do little more than spur the kind of violent competition that has ravaged the oil sector.