So why DO we give £200m to this Cowboy Dictator's regime? George Clooney accuses South Sudan leader of financial corruption as girls are raped and tortured... and Britain continues to hand out foreign aid
Hollywood actor George Clooney has unveiled a devastating report into the 'corrupt kleptocracy' of South Sudan, where nearly £200 million of the UK's foreign aid is spent every year. The investigation accuses the country's leader, Stetson-wearing President Salva Kiir Mayardit, (bottom left) along with countless cronies, of raking in millions in backhanders from shady business deals, funding multi-million pound mansions and private jets. South Sudan's armed forces have been accused by the UN of war crimes as they conducted a 'scorched earth' policy against civilians caught up in the country's civil war, allowing its soldiers and allied militias to rape thousands of women and girls in lieu of wages, and torture and murder suspected opponents.
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