South Sudan removes new taxes that triggered UN aid suspension
Voice of America
FILE - A mother sits with her malnourished baby at a hospital run by Medicines Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in Old Fangak in Jonglei state, South Sudan, Dec. 28, 2021. Thousands of people in the country still depend on aid from the outside.
Following an appeal from the United Nations, South Sudan removed recently imposed taxes and fees that had triggered suspension of U.N. food airdrops. Thousands of people in the country depend on aid from the outside.
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