South Sudan: South Sudan Struggles to Increase Oil Production after Civil War, Hurting Recovery Efforts

May 29, 2019 | Sam Mednick, Associated Press
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Oil-rich South Sudan is struggling to increase production of crude several months after the end of its civil war, and the political upheaval in neighboring Sudan is in part to blame. The signing of a peace deal in September helped open the way to resuming drilling in South Sudan’s key region of Unity state, but output has been more sluggish than expected in the country with Africa’s third-largest oil reserves.