Government Official: Basis Genocide and Wednesday Night

government official: It's tribal, it's absolutely tribal, so on that basis it's genocide, she said of the violence, speaking to The Associated Press on Wednesday night, according to CTV. Her comments are the rare declaration by any government official of genocide in South Sudan. Priti Patel, the U.K. secretary of state for international development, said there are massacres taking place, people's throats being slit amid what she called a scorched earth policy in South Sudan's three-year war. Patel spoke after visiting South Sudan, where she met President Salva Kiir, whose government repeatedly has been accused of blocking food aid to some areas and harassing aid workers. The country also faces a hunger crisis, with famine recently declared in two counties and threatening to spread. The situation in South Sudan is absolutely abhorrent and inhumane, Patel said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.