News / / 09.12.16

Christian Science Monitor: Should other countries do more to thwart corruption in South Sudan?

Two leaders jockeying for power in South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, have enriched themselves, their associates, and their families while much of the public suffers on the verge of famine through a savage civil war, an investigative report released Monday alleges.

The report, which was pieced together over nearly two years by Washington-based policy and advocacy group The Sentry, calls upon the international community to impose sanctions to stop South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his rival and former vice president, Riek Machar, from profiting off the bloodshed.

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