UN accuses oil firms of fuelling armed conflict in South Sudan
South Sudanese soldiers stand during President Salva Kiir's visit to an oil refinery in Melut, Upper Nile State, on November 20, 2012. The UN accuses oil firms of fuelling armed conflict in the country. PHOTO | HANNAH MCNEISH | AFP
Transnational oil-production companies controlled by Asian interests have been complicit in South Sudan government military offensives that involved killings of civilians.
"There has been a lack of corporate accountability for transnational companies, several of which were conducting profitable business in oil-producing areas at times when mass human rights violations were perpetrated against the local population, and which in various ways were complicit in these crimes," the UN’s Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan said in a 212-page report.
