South Sudan asks donors to pay for a third of national budget

Dau presented a 46.5 billion South Sudan Pound (SSP) ($300 million) budget FY 2017/18 to ambassadors on Thursday, ahead of a presentation to parliament this month. TEA GRAPHIC

War-ravaged South Sudan needs donors to fund more than a third of its next budget, finance Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau said, but countries are unwilling due to corruption and conflict.

Dau presented a 46.5 billion South Sudan Pound (SSP) ($300 million) budget FY 2017/18 to ambassadors on Thursday, ahead of a presentation to parliament this month.