Germany gives South Sudan $4.5m aid

South Sudanese displaced by civil war at the United Nations compound in Juba. PHOTO | AFP

Humanitarian efforts in South Sudan got a boost from Germany with $4.5 million in aid funds given to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).

“This new funding will be used to provide food and nutrition assistance to vulnerable people, including the displaced and children under the age of two across the country,” WFP said in a statement Thursday.