03/04/2014
South Sudan Leaders Must Let Aid Reach People, USAID Official Says
Karin Zeitvogel, John Tanza WASHINGTON ? A top USAID official has called on leaders on both sides of South Sudan#39;s conflict to ensure that aid reaches the millions of people in desperate need in the country, amid reports that supplies are being blocked or even confiscated by government and rebel troops. quot;The people of South Sudan cannot afford for aid be delayed,quot; USAID Assistant Administrator Nancy Lindborg said in an interview with South Sudan in Focus. quot;The rivers have been closed to humanitarian deliveries... all these instances of humanitarian aid workers being harassed, of being stopped at checkpoints, being forced to pay huge bribes -- these are actions that...
