South Sudan: A Crude Role in South Sudan’s War

Jul 20, 2018 | Zeinab Mohammed Salih, US News & World Report
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So long as South Sudan's oil exports enrich the people in the country who have strong ties to arms suppliers, a United Nations-imposed arms embargo will be ineffective, says a former government minister in the conflict-torn nation. The UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo last week on the world's youngest country in an attempt to end fighting that began nearly five years ago. The resolution, proposed by the United States, prohibits countries from providing weapons to South Sudan until May 2019 and came just days after the country's opposition groups rejected the latest peace proposal.