Oil Continues To Fuel Conflict Despite Peace Deal, Says U.N. Report

South Sudan has witnessed an upsurge of rape, killings and torture despite the passage of a major peace deal last year, according to a U.N. report cited by Reuters.

Large-scale displacement, extrajudicial killings, fighting and mass rape have not ended since a peace agreement was signed in September, according to a U.N. Commission on Human Rights report that was released on Wednesday.

Revenues from oil sales, which form the backbone of the South Sudanese economy, have been...