500 million reasons to stop fighting in South Sudan

In South Sudan, the government has said that oil production had been cut by nearly a third because of fighting between rebels loyal to former vice president Riek Machar and the government.

RFI's Daniel Finnan spoke to Luke Patey, the author of the book, The New Kings of Crude: China, India, and the Global Struggle for Oil in Sudan and South Sudan. On the line from Copenhagen, he says South Sudan and oil companies there have lost about $500 million dollars in oil exports since the start of fighting in mid-December… Listen here