South Sudan risks cycle of war as plunder continues despite US, UK sanctions
Displaced villagers stay with their belongings along a road after being evacuated from flooded water in Juba, South Sudan, on September 28. PHOTO | AFP
South Sudan’s journey to recovery from conflict may take longer than planned as the country’s elites dodge US sanctions and continue to bleed the national coffers.
Now civil society organisations and activists say looting of national monies with no repercussions may create a cycle of war as politicians and other influence peddlers jostle to get into or close to government.
