Saying Sudan is stealing oil, S. Sudan shuts down wells

• A South Sudan official said the country had shut down more than 900 oil wells after accusing neighbouring Sudan of stealing its oil.South 
• Sudan and Kenya signed a memorandum of understanding to build a pipeline from South Sudan's oil fields south to Lamu, on the northern Kenyan coast, where a new port is planned. 
• South Sudan's Oil Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau said planning for the project would now begin as soon as possible.
• At the centre of the talks are pipeline fees being charged by Khartoum. All of South Sudan's oil runs through Sudan's pipelines to Port Sudan for export. Khartoum has asked for $32 per barrel of oil shipped through the pipes, but South Sudan has called the offer extortion.