UN threatens to reduce humanitarian assistance to South Sudan

FILE - Internally displaced women wait for food rations to be distributed by the World Food Program in Bentiu, South Sudan, Feb. 6, 2023.

South Sudanese farmers who have relied on United Nations agencies operating in that country now say they are afraid of losing a ready market for their produce should the U.N. follow through on its threat to scale down operations in the world's youngest nation. This comes after the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom expressed concerns about Juba's decision to impose taxes on some commodities purchased by the U.N.