South Sudan sentences to ponder
Late last month, famine was declared in two counties of the civil-war torn East African country of South Sudan. With 100,000 people at risk for dying of starvation in that area alone and millions more on the brink of crisis-level food shortages throughout the country, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir promised “unimpeded access” to humanitarian aid organizations working there.
A few days later the South Sudanese government hiked the fee for work permits for foreign aid workers from $100 to $10,000.
Here is further information, via Tom Murphy.