South Sudan says president not connected to sanctioned businessman
South Sudan President Salva Kiir. His spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny says most of the information the United States used to blacklist South Sudan officials was “misleading”. PHOTO | ALBERT GONZALEZ FARRAN | AFP
South Sudan denied on Friday that a businessman sanctioned by the United States was an adviser to President Salva Kiir, and said the decision to blacklist him was based on misleading information.
Benjamin Bol Mel was among several individuals from different countries whom the United States placed under sanctions on Thursday.
