The Minister of Petroleum has encouraged foreign investors to build crude oil refineries in South Sudan to end the country’s dependence on fuel imports from the region.
Commentary By Vijay Jayaraj | May 20, 2021 | 12:35pm EDT
Two men walk on March 2, 2014 near the Paloch oil fields in Upper Nile State, the site of an oil complex and key crude oil processing facility in the north of the country near the border with Sudan. (Photo credit: ALI NGETHI/AFP via Getty Images)
For the first time in many decades, there is a sense of hope and optimism for economic growth and development in South Sudan. I want to tell you why.
The landlocked country in East-Central Africa is one of the poorest in the world. Around 4 out of 5 of its people live in poverty, and 70 percent of children have no access to schooling.
By Vijay Jayaraj | May 20, 2021 | 12:35pm EDT
Two men walk on March 2, 2014 near the Paloch oil fields in Upper Nile State, the site of an oil complex and key crude oil processing facility in the north of the country near the border with Sudan. (Photo credit: ALI NGETHI/AFP via Getty Images)
For the first time in many decades, there is a sense of hope and optimism for economic growth and development in South Sudan. I want to tell you why.
The landlocked country in East-Central Africa is one of the poorest in the world. Around 4 out of 5 of its people live in poverty, and 70 percent of children have no access to schooling.