Small Arms Survey shows South Sudan conflict intensifying in rainy season

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The survey published on Tuesday says the current civil war in South Sudan continues to worsen relations citing rising tensions, recruitment and economic crisis as bad indicators of intensifying fight in the Upper Nile region.
 
It adds that government derives no income from the Unity State oil fields contributing to worsening financial circumstances and the South Sudanese Pound lost more than 50 percent of its value in 2014 making government to struggle to pay civil servants and the army.
 
The survey concludes that such financial difficulties are fueling intensification of clashes in the next two months in Unity State in attempts to put in place security conditions around the oil fields for production to resume.
 
It observes that with peace talks in Addis Ababa failure, both conflicting sides got convinced of the possibility of military success in the next two months.