South Sudan: Farmers in Ruweng lodge lawsuit against oil companies

Soldiers patrol an oil field in Paloug, in South Sudan's Upper Nile state(Photo Credit: Jared Ferrie/IPS)

May 31, 2020 (SSNN) – The farmers’ union in South Sudan’s Ruweng Administrative Area (RAA) has brought a suit against companies pumping and transporting oil in the country. The farmers thus join an association of attorneys and humanitarian NGOs in lodging motions. Respondent in the latter is the government of South Sudan, which is being sued in the East African […]

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