Canadian company sold armoured vehicles to South Sudanese: reportA Canadian company sold over 170 armoured vehicles to South Sudan army during the country’s brutal civil war, a United Nations report shows. According to The Globe and Mail, the armoured vehicles sold to South Sudan were manufactured by Canadian-owned Streit Group at a factory in United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UN panel said the armoured vehicles from Streit Group belonged to the South Sudanese army, but were imported and maintained by Crown Automobiles, a company owned by Obac William Olawo, a South Sudan businessman allegedly with close connections to President Salva Kiir. Founded in Ontario in the 1990s and owned by Canadian businessman Guerman Goutorov, Streit Group is “the world’s leading manufacturer of armoured vehicles.” Some of the vehicles, it said, were observed in heavy combat zones, citing a report from arms-control advocacy entity.
31.07.2016 - Sudan Tribune
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