The report said family members of top government officials have stakes in commercial ventures in South Sudan. “The past five years South Sudan’s leaders have engaged in ... mass atrocities on its citizens, starvation and rape, all while plundering the state’s resources and enriching themselves and their families,” Clooney told the conference. It involves arms dealers, international lawyers, international banks, international real estate,” he added. The United States has poured $1.5 billion of aid into South Sudan despite widespread concerns over corruption. The U.N. Security Council set up a targeted sanctions regime for South Sudan in March 2015, then in July blacklisted six generals, three from each side, by subjecting them to an asset freeze and travel ban.

Source: New Strait Times September 13, 2016 01:07 UTC