Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Sudan’s president, founding father, and long-time darling of Washington’s political class, stands accused of presiding over security forces responsible for killing thousands of civilians in a 13-month long civil war that has heightened fears of genocide and fueled international calls for the imposition of a U.N. arms embargo to stem the bloodshed.
But Susan Rice, the U.S. National Security Advisor and a long-standing champion of South Sudan, has for months resisted appeals from key allies, including Britain and France, and from members of President Barack Obama’s national security team, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Samantha …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
