In this Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 file photo, people wait in line for food rations at a World Food Program distribution in Jiech, Ayod County, South Sudan. The authorizations reveal yet more tensions under a peace deal that calls for the formerly warring sides to knit together into a single, functional government by May. That’s when opposition leader Riek Machar is expected to return to South Sudan to once again become the president’s deputy — an arrangement that has collapsed in fighting in the past. Article Continued BelowOne high-ranking opposition official with close knowledge of the peace process asserted that money is available for the peace transition fund from South Sudan’s oil revenues but the government doesn’t want to spend it. Local activists called the committee’s spending habits disturbing in a country where the economy has long collapsed and where South Sudan’s government says 1.5 million people are on the brink of starvation.

Source: thestar March 21, 2019 09:00 UTC