{"id":56797,"date":"2026-01-09T18:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/south-sudan-denies-u-s-accusations-of-obstructing-humanitarian-assistance\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:28:56","slug":"south-sudan-denies-u-s-accusations-of-obstructing-humanitarian-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/south-sudan-denies-u-s-accusations-of-obstructing-humanitarian-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sudan denies U.S. accusations of obstructing humanitarian assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Kenneth Elisapana, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said the accusations implicating government officials in obstructing humanitarian access by imposing illicit costs are unsubstantiated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have not yet received official communication on this through diplomatic channels, but our preliminary position is this: the claim about senior government officials being involved in the obstruction of humanitarian activities is unsubstantiated and therefore unfounded,&#8221; he told journalists in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>South Sudan, as a sovereign country, respects the U.S. government&#8217;s decisions, he said, adding that Juba has been providing unhindered access to humanitarian activities through the concerned authorities.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the United States suspended foreign assistance in Ayod County, Jonglei State, and said it is reviewing its aid to Western Bahr el Ghazal State and considering significant reductions, according to a statement issued by its embassy in Juba.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-100403 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/webp\/1942e2244fae42df9191642577689d4e6839e7da6f3867672fe379e7bb9c6a37_main.webp\" alt=\"The United States has threatened to cut aid to South Sudan, citing mistreatment of humanitarian groups.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-100405 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/img_0983-kenneth-1536x673.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Kenneth Elisapana, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said the accusations implicating government officials in obstructing humanitarian access by imposing illicit costs are unsubstantiated.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Sudan on Friday denied accusations by the United States of obstructing humanitarian assistance following Washington&#8217;s recent decision to suspend foreign assistance to parts of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000100406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-56797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000100406,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1942e2244fae42df9191642577689d4e6839e7da6f3867672fe379e7bb9c6a37_main.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1942e2244fae42df9191642577689d4e6839e7da6f3867672fe379e7bb9c6a37_main.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1942e2244fae42df9191642577689d4e6839e7da6f3867672fe379e7bb9c6a37_main.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1942e2244fae42df9191642577689d4e6839e7da6f3867672fe379e7bb9c6a37_main.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1942e2244fae42df9191642577689d4e6839e7da6f3867672fe379e7bb9c6a37_main.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1942e2244fae42df9191642577689d4e6839e7da6f3867672fe379e7bb9c6a37_main.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000100406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56797"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=56797"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=56797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}