South Sudan Chaos Puts Ex-Blackwater CEO’s Refinery Plan on Hold

By Ilya Gridneff May 22, 2014(Bloomberg) — As the former head of U.S. security company Blackwater USA, Erik Prince thrived in war zones like Iraq and Afghanistan. South Sudan, the world’s newest nation where violence erupted in December, is proving a little tougher. Prohibitive costs, transport difficulties, political instability and growing insecurity have rendered the…

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UNMISS Says Staff Assaulted, Detained in South Sudan

May 22, 2104(Juba) –Two United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) staff members were attacked and detained in recent days by suspected members of South Sudan’s security forces, a U.N. spokesman has said. “The mission deplores the behavior of alleged members of the security forces who assaulted and illegally detained two of its staff memebers…

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