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South Sudan leader cuts short visit to China
South Sudan government spokesman Barnaba Marial Benjamin said earlier this month that Chinese and American investors want to build oil refineries in the South in the next six to seven months.
Benjamin said the refineries will help South Sudan process fuel for local consumption. South Sudan is also reported to be seeking Chinese financing for new pipelines, including one to the Kenyan coast and another to Djibouti through Ethiopia that would allow it to export its oil. The projects are meant to make South Sudan independent of Sudan’s fuel infrastructure and processing plants.
South Sudan won independence from Sudan last year as part of a 2005 peace treaty that ended decades of war that killed 2 million people.
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