Actor and activist George Clooney appealed to the U.S. Congress to prevent a humanitarian crisis from occurring in South Sudan, calling on the administration to send a special envoy to China to put pressure on Khartoum, and set up a specific team to track down illegal offshore bank accounts belonging to the north’s leaders.
South Sudan became the world’s newest country last year, after two decades of bloodshed. But the secession from northern Sudan has not resolved the fighting, with violence continuing along the border regions where oil—located in South Sudan—is contested by Khartoum, which owns the refineries and pipelines.
