Donors ‘tired’ of South Sudan’s failure to serve its people: US diplomat

By KEVIN J KELLEY

The Trump administration’s top Africa diplomat lashed out at South Sudan’s rulers on Monday, and urged the country’s warring parties to defer agreement on “sticky issues” until after a transitional government is formed.

“The elites need to get to the point of serving their own people instead of their own selfish interests,” declared Mr Tibor Nagy, US assistant secretary of state for African affairs.

Donors ‘tired’ of South Sudan’s failure to serve its people: US diplomat

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