Juba fears oil exports will halt as fighting in Sudan goes on
Smoke billows in Khartoum amid conflict. As fighting continues in Sudan amid a shaky ceasefire, the neighbouring South Sudan faces economic ruin due to the threat the conflict in the north poses to its mainstay – oil exports. PHOTO | AFP
As fighting continues in Sudan amid a shaky ceasefire, the neighbouring South Sudan faces economic ruin due to the threat the conflict in the north poses to its mainstay – oil exports.
The fighting in Sudan erupted on April 15 between forces loyal to Sudan's military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces under his deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo 'Hemedti'.