US targets oil for arms deals

THE US is targeting South Sudan’s state-owned oil company, its oil and mining ministries and a dozen other oil-related entities in an attempt to stem the financial flow fuelling the country’s civil war, AP reported. On Wednesday, the US State Department said that South Sudan’s government and “corrupt official actors” were using the revenue to purchase weapons, fund militias and undermine peace. The statement added it would be taking action against 15 South Sudan oil-related entities.