Juba's Internal Struggle: How Sudan's war, fuels South Sudan's crisis
A general view shows a large plume of smoke and fire rising from a fuel depot after what military sources told Reuters is a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) drone attack in Port Sudan targeting fuel storage facilities in Port Sudan, Sudan, May 5, 2025.
Photo credit: Sudan Ministry Of Energy And Petroleum/Handout via Reuters
Although the Sudanese civil war poses a threat to South Sudan's oil exports via pipeline, its impact on the South Sudanese economy is more nuanced than a straightforward collapse.
The 2024–25 budget shows a surprisingly low reliance on official oil revenues, with a significant contribution coming from non-oil income.
