South Sudan: Clouds of Black Smoke Darken South Sudan’s Growing Oil Profits

Feb 20, 2020 | Okech Francis, Bloomberg
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Crude oil, key to boosting South Sudan’s economy, is destroying crucial pasture land, polluting water, and increasing birth defects. Now it’s finally bad enough for the government to take notice. Grass is black from oil spills, air is dark from pillars of black smoke and layers of “black gold” cover water supplies.