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US threatens sanction against South Sudan militants | ||
2014-04-28 | ||
The United States Secretary of State John Kerry will renew his threat of sanctions against Sudan's militants in a visit next week to South Sudan, where ethnic killings are ripping apart the 3-year-old nation and all but scuttling peace talks.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the release "should have happened long ago" but still welcomed it. She said the U.S. is still considering sanctions against militants who threaten South Sudan's security and stability, have targeted U.N. peacekeepers or are otherwise responsible for human rights abuses. "We continue to be shocked and horrified by the violence on the ground," Psaki told reporters in Washington. "The level of violence and the horrific massacres that we're seeing have led us to this point."
Kerry told reporters on Thursday that he plans to stop in South Sudan as part of a four-nation trip to sub-Saharan Africa. U.S. sanctions could be imposed on people on both sides of South Sudan's conflict, and they have been threatened for nearly a month. | ||
Posted by:Steve White |