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South Sudan

Washington hits Salva Kiir’s revenue machine

State Department accuses tax collection company Crawford Capital and its political allies of siphoning state funds

Washington’s labelling of Crawford Capital, which manages most of South Sudan’s non-oil revenues, as a ‘corrupt entity’ lands close to President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s office and his family. It exposes a company and a network that non-governmental organisations and the UN have accused of diverting state resources and aid funds, in alliance with political appointees.

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