The U.S. Department of State announced on Friday that visa restrictions have been placed on several individuals tied to the ongoing conflict in South Sudan.
In a statement, the department accused South Sudanese leaders of failing to use national resources to benefit their people, allowing corruption to persist, and failing to protect citizens from human rights violations.
“We note the continued failure of South Sudan’s leaders to use their nation’s resources to the benefit of its people, their failure to end public corruption and elite capture of the country’s resources, their failure to protect the people of South Sudan from abuses and violations of their human rights, including civil and political rights, and their failure to maintain peace,” the statement said.
