WASHINGTON — The Trump administration threatened Tuesday to cut aid to South Sudan unless the country’s civil war ends and peace is restored. The U.S. is South Sudan’s largest donor, giving over $3.2 billion in humanitarian assistance since civil war broke out in December 2013, according to the U.S. Embassy. Sanders’ announcement means $110 million in aid planned for South Sudan in 2018 could be in jeopardy. More than 2 million people have fled South Sudan in what amounts to Africa’s largest refugee crisis since the Rwandan genocide of 1994. The U.S. in recent months imposed a unilateral and largely symbolic arms embargo on South Sudan and sanctioned the oil-rich country’s state-run oil company and oil ministry.

Source: National Post May 08, 2018 20:07 UTC