Sudan rejects oil revenue report

Khartoum, 08 Sept-(ANA)-Sudan's government has denied accusations in a report that it may be benefiting unfairly from oil revenues.

Following the 2005 agreement to end 22 years of civil war, the north and south are meant to share the revenue.

Global Witness has called for greater transparency in the oil industry, which is effectively run by the north, and accounts for 98% of the budget of southern Sudan.

The group said it found a difference of between 9% and 26% in the production figures provided by Khartoum and the Chinese firm operating the oilfields.

However, Mr Massar said southern Sudan - and its Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) party - was fully involved in the oil process. (ANA)

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