Salva Kiir Mayardit Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===South Sudan famine=== {{See also|2017 South Sudan famine}} In the early months of 2017, parts of [[South Sudan]] experienced a [[famine]] following several years of instability in the country's food supply caused by civil war and [[drought]]. International humanitarian advocates stated the famine was manmade<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clooney & Prendergast |first1=George & John |title=South Sudan's government-made famine |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2017/03/09/south-sudans-government-made-famine/ |access-date=17 November 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=9 March 2017}}</ref> and pointed to the country's ongoing conflict for creating the famine conditions. More than 3 million people had been displaced by ongoing violence across the country, forcing families to abandon agricultural land and livestock, leaving them with few food resources to survive with.<ref>{{cite news |last1=MacSorley |first1=Dominic |title=South Sudan famine results from failure of political will |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/south-sudan-famine-results-from-failure-of-political-will-1.3022458 |access-date=17 November 2018 |publisher=The Irish Times |date=24 March 2017}}</ref> The worst fighting was in [[Unity State]], where tens of thousands of people fled their homes due to a government offensive against opposition-held areas.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=B. |title=Famine declared in South Sudan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/feb/20/famine-declared-in-south-sudan |access-date=18 November 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=20 February 2017}}</ref> Days after the declaration of famine, the government raised the price of a business visa from $100 to $10,000, mostly aimed at aid workers, citing a need to increase government revenue.<ref name=alaraby0317>{{cite news|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/3/4/south-sudan-hikes-visa-cost-to-10-000-amid-famine|title=South Sudan hikes visa cost to $10,000 amid famine|publisher=Alaraby|date=5 March 2017|access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref> U.N. officials said that Kiir was blocking food deliveries to some areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whio.com/news/world/famine-declared-part-south-sudan-government-and/ZT9UT22sGQUWxH1w5rIjYJ/|title=Famine declared in part of South Sudan by government and UN|date=20 February 2017|publisher=WHIO|access-date=2017-02-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221105314/http://www.whio.com/news/world/famine-declared-part-south-sudan-government-and/ZT9UT22sGQUWxH1w5rIjYJ/|archive-date=2017-02-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page