A recent United Nations report exposes that South Sudan officials have stolen billions of dollars in oil money since its independence in 2011, diverting funds from essential services and exacerbating humanitarian crises.

• $25.2 billion in oil revenues was received by the government since 2011, with "hardly any money" reaching essential services.
• The chair of the commission, Yasmin Sooka, stated the report "tells the story of the plundering of a nation."
• The "Oil for Roads" programme, which received $2.2 billion, has $1.7 billion "unaccounted for" with roads incomplete or overpriced.
• Funds were allegedly funneled through construction companies owned by Benjamin Bol Mel, a vice-president and potential successor to President Salva Kiir.
• The report accuses South Sudan's government of "systemic government corruption and brazen predation."