Official: Starvation in South Sudan as peace process stalls
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The head of an international group monitoring South Sudan's peace process says people are starving in the country's Western Equatoria state as the government and rebels delay forming a transitional government.
Former Botswana President Festus Mogae said a ceasefire monitoring team that recently visited Western Equatoria state found starving people in the Mundri area, which has been a hotspot of violence in recent months.
Mogae told a meeting of government and rebel representatives Tuesday that he is "staggered that things have been allowed to get this bad."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar missed a deadline last month to form the new government as called for in the August peace agreement.