Officials in South Sudan's Jonglei State Accused of Stealing Food Aid
Voice of America
BOR, SOUTH SUDAN - Civil society activists and residents in the capital of South Sudan's Jonglei state have accused state officials of stealing food donated by President Salva Kiir that was meant for flood victims.
The president donated 12 truckloads of food to victims of last year's massive floods while visiting Bor on April 1. David Garang Goch, chairperson of the Jonglei State Civil Society Network, said he saw some of the food being offloaded from a truck straight into shops at Bor's Marol Market this week. "The donated food is different from the food items Ethiopian traders are selling in their shops. The color and the writings are different. It is written 'KKM,' and it was brought from Germany, so this food is different from what we already have, and now they are selling it," Goch told VOA's South Sudan in Focus.Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024. Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. A member of the bomb squad of the Israeli police collects debris after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck in the Israeli city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024.
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