• Authorities in South Sudan have imposed a fuel tax on UN fuel tankers, obstructing the delivery of crucial humanitarian aid, jeopardizing assistance to millions of famine-stricken civilians.
• Despite assurances from government officials, including the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, UN fuel tankers remain detained.
• The impasse is increasingly exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation in South Sudan.

In a distressing turn of events, UN humanitarian operations in South Sudan targeting famine-stricken populations are at risk of stoppage due to a dispute over a fuel tax levied by South Sudanese authorities on United Nations fuel tankers.

Despite assurances from the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs just a day prior, UN fuel tankers remained detained at depots and the Ugandan border on Wednesday. The Minister had stated that the newly imposed tax on trucks transporting fuel and essential supplies did not extend to UN humanitarian operations, yet the reality proved otherwise, lamented a spokesperson …

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