South Sudan: No Oil, No Food: Damaged Pipeline Piles Misery on South Sudan

Jul 9, 2024 | Philip Buda Ladu, Barron's
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At 75, Galiche Buwa has lived through civil wars, famine and natural disasters, but the South Sudanese widowed mother of four always managed to get by, thanks to her grocery business.

Now, however, even that standby is on shaky ground, as the oil-dependent nation's economy reels from revenue losses following the rupture of a key pipeline in its war-torn neighbour Sudan in February.