Sudan: Increase Aid and African Country

sudan: They say hunger is stalking 20 million people in South Sudan, as well as Yemen, Somalia and Nigeria, according to The Chronicle Herald. South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011, after years of brutal fighting, but civil war broke out again in 2013 as the new government was riven by ethnic divisions. Earlier this week, senior clerics from three of Canada's largest denominations issued an open letter asking the federal Liberal government to increase aid to the country and encourage other countries to do more. The fighting has coincided with famine in the landlocked, northeastern African country. Canada ... has been a significant donor in terms of international aid to South Sudan over a number of years and we're always looking for ways to do more, he told a news conference Friday. Trudeau says the country has already made major contributions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.