Sudan oil revenue 'discrepancy'

Revenue from Sudan’s oil may be being unfairly shared out threatening a north-south peace deal, a report by campaign group Global Witness says.

It says discrepancies in figures given by the north and those of the Chinese firm operating the oilfields may mean the south is being seriously underpaid.
Following the 2005 agreement to end 22 years of civil war, the north and south are meant to share the revenue.

Southern officials have accused the north of withholding oil money before.

Global Witness has called for greater transparency in the oil industry, which is effectively run by the north, and accounts for 98% of the budget of southern Sudan.

BBC