US Pledges $300 Million to South Sudan

U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States is pledging nearly $300 million in humanitarian assistance to South Sudan which has seen months of ethnic fighting. President Obama authorized the funding ahead of a donor's conference in Norway on Tuesday to raise money for the struggling country. The White House says the assistance includes $50 million to support efforts by the United Nations to aid more than 300,000 refugees who have crossed into Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and...

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