South Sudan promised transparency, a few donors opened their wallets

News June 10, 2014

Donors want the South Sudan government to stop the fighting and pay its share of the cost of the humanitarian relief effort. But they have little leverage and they are not waiting. In Oslo, USD 619 million in new money was pledged to avert a massive famine, most of it from just four donors.

**‘The money will mean nothing without access’.** EU Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva
Photo: Norwegian Foreign Ministry / Espen Røst

**‘We will bring you peace’.** South Sudan Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin
Photo: Norwegian Foreign Ministry / Espen Røst

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