The communities living on the South Sudan-Sudan border may face genocide if the conflict between the two countries disputing control of oil reserves is not resolved....[T]he communities in these oil states become progressively militarised with arms increasingly available to civilians, according to a report by a local non-governmental organisation...This situation could eventually lead to a war...[A local NGO Community Empowerment for Progress Organization] report recommended an immediate demarcation of the border to "minimise settlement along the border line, save the lives of the communities, minimise displacement and violence along the border line."...[Environmental economist and World Bank consultant on Private Sector Development in South Sudan, Spencer Kenyi] said...that if the violence continued South Sudan may have to completely shut down the oil sector, though temporarily.