South Sudan has approved a plan to urgently construct a road to Ethiopia, which will be used for transporting of its new crude oil to the international market through Djibouti port, reports African review.

The new road will be constructed from the oil fields at Paloug in Upper Nile State to the Ethiopian border.

At secession in July 2011, Juba took with it more than 75 per cent of the crude oil Khartoum used to export, but the pipelines run through the north to Port Sudan terminal.

South Sudan halted oil flow in January 2012 accusing Sudan of stealing and diverting oil, which accounted for 98 per cent of the country's budget.

Although the two countries reached agreement last September to resume oil flow through Sudan, the implementation of the deals has been a mystery.

Exporting the oil by roads could ease the pressure on South Sudan local currency by providing hard currency that the Africa's new nation badly needs to import basic commodities.