South Sudan says will boost security in oilfields after kidnappings in Malaysia-China operated entity

Fighters loyal to former vice president Riek Machar seized the workers employed by DAR Petroleum Operating Company from Upper Nile State on Saturday - the second group of oil workers abducted this month. The Dar consortium includes China National Petroleum Corporation, China's Sinopec and Malaysia's Petronas

Two Indian employees of the Ministry of Petroleum were kidnapped on March 8 in northeast Maiwut state.