South Sudan’s Kiir, USAID’s Green disagree over humanitarian access
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September 2, 2017 (JUBA) - The visiting head of USAID Mark Green
disclosed that his meeting with President Salva Kiir disagreed with
him on the need to address the humanitarian situation and to stop the
war, warning that Washington is reviewing its policy towards Juba.
On Saturday, Green wrapped a two-day visit to South Sudan where he
visited Juba and Wau to assess the situation in the war-ravaged
country and inspect the humanitarian activities of the USAID, the
largest donor to the people of South Sudan.
In statements to Reuters, the USAID head said that President Kiir
denied that the army and allied forces impede the humanitarian access
the civilians in the war affected areas.
“He disagreed with our assessment that there are problems with
humanitarian access,” Green said. The USAID chief added he told the
South Sudanese president that Washington is seriously reconsidering
its policy towards his government.
“While it is true that we support the people of South Sudan, it is
just as true that the situation has deteriorated to the point where a
serious re-examination of U.S. policy is appropriate,” he added.
“I told him that in the next few weeks we are undertaking a complete
review of our policy toward South Sudan,” he said, pointing that his
discussions with Kiir were “cleared at the highest levels” in
Washington.
During his visit, Green met with the UN agencies and humanitarian
groups. Also, he met with the UNMISS leadership which struggle to
protect aid groups on the ground.
In a separate statement released after his departure, the USAID said
Green strongly urged Kiir to stop military operations and to end
obstructing humanitarian access as well as to work for a viable peace
in the troubled country.
"He urged the President to help end the suffering of his people by
taking a number of specific steps on an urgent basis: restoring a
permanent ceasefire by ceasing ongoing military offensives; ending
obstruction of humanitarian access; eliminating exorbitant fees levied
on aid organizations; and engaging in a meaningful, inclusive peace
process," reads the statement.
The newly appointed USAID administrator further described South Sudan
as the most dangerous country in the world for aid workers, and he
called on the President to ensure the security of aid workers and end
impediments that block or delay the delivery of humanitarian
assistance.
The USAID provided some $2.7 billion of humanitarian aid to the South
Sudan since the start of the four-year conflict.
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3 September 11:54, by Lenin Bull
Mark Green is indirectly revenging the shameful death of their
white CIA agent in the person of Christopher Allen. The USA should not
come to South Sudan and start threatening the government and people of
South Sudan. US government stopped its financial assistance since the
war broke out in December 2013 and this was a strategy to help in
overthrowing the government.
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3 September 13:53, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
Where is national security to arrest Mark Green. Why he threat
a president about USAID policy toward Kiir leadership.
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4 September 04:55, by lino
Ya Bull, he is not threating the people, but the government.
Please don’t flip the warning. You can threat the people you are
feeding!!!
The government is creating insecurity and using food as a
weapon!!! It must be condemned and corrected ASAP!
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3 September 11:59, by Lenin Bull
US government has been constantly sponsoring motions in UN
security council to embargo and sanction South Sudan, and silently
colluding with SPLA-IO to overthrow the government. A friend in need
is a friend indeed and US is not one of our friends in our history
except those who have not been following and analyzing US assistance
to South Sudan. What are American journalists doing with rebels?
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3 September 12:05, by Lenin Bull
The best option for US is to condemn war and document war lords
like Riek, Lam Akol, Gen Chiril, and ask them to stop the war and
killing of innocent civilians and enforce democracy through periodic
elections. Playing ethnic ideology in South Sudan war will not help US
foreign interests in the long run since no one ethnic group will help
US foreign interests alone but all South Sudanese people can
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3 September 12:10, by Lenin Bull
Mark Green’s words/speech toward President Salva Kiir are filled
with disrespect and derogatory undertone. No foreign agent can talk
like that to another leader/president of a free and independent
country like this offensive and disgusting style of Mark Green with
President Salva Kiir who by his virtue of his office is esteemed
representative and respectable symbol as a sovereign country.
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3 September 12:15, by Lenin Bull
America should go to hell with its money and assistance and leave
South Sudan in peace. We are a free country and people just like the
US and its proud citizens. South Sudanese and their government deserve
respect and unnecessary interference and belittling are unwelcome and
will be met with resistance no matter how powerful US might be. Human
beings are born equal in rights and dignity being US
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3 September 12:16, by Lenin Bull
Continu---
Being US is nothing to some of us.
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3 September 13:38, by Majesty
Lenin,
Hope you are not overreacting on this. Certainly, those who
defecate on themselves over and over again have zero or little control
about their dignity especially from those who have been trying to
clean up their mess. USA has spent over $ 500 millions on suffering
South Sudanese this year, should they continue giving and say nothing?
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3 September 15:52, by Lenin Bull
Majesty are you really yourself? Where was that huge
amount of money spent? How was it spent? Do you understand what I
wrote above? Go back and research where and how that 500 million spent
with no impact on the lives of our people. That money is more than our
national budget for last year 2015-2016!! Why are our people are still
poor if that 500 million US$ was spent here?
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3 September 17:00, by Majesty
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/us-warns-south-sudan-continued-chaos-is-not-acceptable-aid-may-be-pulled/2017/09/02/a9b228bd-312f-4aed-8f4c-e3129442d568_story.html?utm_term=.e826d57cc3a2
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3 September 17:04, by Majesty
"This fiscal year, the United States spent more
than $500 million getting emergency aid to the 2 million internally
displaced South Sudanese. Counting aid to another 2 million refugees
in neighboring countries, this year the United States spent almost
$730 million, making it by far the biggest donor."
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3 September 17:41, by Majesty
We can beat our chests we are winning the war
and that America is on rebels side but what’s true it’s United States
that pressured Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya to deny Riek any base or
support while pushing for his house arrest. Despite hostile posture by
some administrations or individuals, America remains friend of South
Sudan not enemy.
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3 September 17:50, by Majesty
Lenin,
Millions South Sudanese sheltered within
and outside the country have massive needs each day. We have to
imagine someone must be paying for it.
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3 September 19:32, by Atemjak
Kids food yesterday i have a right to
dictate you in your house. If you feel that you are not happy giving
good to your neighbor, you can stop and nobody will ask you why did
you stop being Good Samaritan because it was a will not a must and
therefore should not be use to interfere in South Sudan issues, yes
Kiir is not a good leader but we can not allow our norms to be
disregarded just because
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3 September 19:24, by Atemjak
Majesty
American sum up the maize, medicine and
oils they gave to South Sudanese refugees in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia,
Sudan and displace people within South Sudan to be equal to 500
million USD not cash assistant to South Sudanese people or government.
It is welcome to give food to your neighbor as a willing give and
willing take but not threatening your number neighbor that because i
give your
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3 September 20:05, by Majesty
Atem,
Do Kiir has maize, medicine...that
sums $500 millions for his suffering people? It’s what this American
said, their generosity will not go on forever. How is that a threat?
Did I missed anywhere they mentioned they are coming to bomb Juba?
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3 September 18:02, by Tilo
Some people are too damp,
The money was not given to government, the money was
give in Aid ... that is why you could not embezzle any.
The money was given to help South Sudanese Refugees in
SS and the Neighbouring countries including Uganda, Sudan Ethiopia,
Kenya and CAR
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3 September 21:43, by Eastern
Lenin Bull, that mindset is the greatest undoing of the Juba
tribal cabal: BEING US IS NOTHING TO SOME OF US....We fought the
jalaba for over 20 years, we captured this town and that town, blah,
blah....Not even Russia thinks that way...!
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3 September 13:58, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
Every donor want to have problems with President Kiir in vain but
all the corners of peace are attempted by president to achieve peace
in the country and all oppositions in objecting of peace to be exist.
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3 September 14:00, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
The humanitarian accessories are not equal to South Sudanese
affected by non objective civil war.
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3 September 14:04, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
The UN, and non UN agencies operating in South Sudan are not for
peace, they are in South Sudan for a making money.
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3 September 14:35, by Malakal county Simon
A.M.L
No further comment and you should work to improve your poor
English Language first.... Stop defending this unwanted president, he
doesn’t care about any one but his leadership only.... So why you
constantly defending some one who does not care for you??
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3 September 14:54, by Ayuiu Makuac Lam
M. C. S
please adjust your English construction, try to put tenses
properly and other part of speechs.
Abuse is not a solution to determine your poor ass.
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3 September 17:48, by Don-Don Malith Rual
Humanitarian mean for humanity n if there are some talk that
sounds like threat or disrespectful as some of you might term it is
beco3 of insecurity of the Aid workers, but what I feel to understand
is the fact that the humanitarian team re well equipped for any
formalities; this felt others in delima if this indirect colonisation
or Haject of power governance!!!
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