July 22, 2024 (JUBA)- South Sudan is considering a total shutdown of its oil export through Sudan, citing a lack of consensus amid the dwindling financial resources in a country where civil servants are without salary for months. “There are varying views. Some are advocating for a total shutdown of the oil because it is only benefiting the rival factions in the Sudan conflict. Others are saying let us manage with whatever little that we continue to get from the flow but clearly, what comes from the oil now is close to nothing. It goes into obligations and leaves nothing for paying salaries,” a senior South Sudanese official at the country’s Petroleum told Sudan Tribune in an interview on Monday. The official, who preferred anonymity, was commenting on the situation of the repair and maintenance of an oil pipeline that had ruptured but not yet repaired. According to the official, less than 140,000 barrels continue to be exported and not meeting an obligation, adding that oil for roads and oil for cash has cost the country millions of dollars in loans which the government is unable to reimburse. “This is why we have gone for 9 months without paying salaries …

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