South Sudan: Fears over ‘inhuman’ UK aid cuts as country ‘on brink of famine’ |

When the UK government announced cuts to overseas aid spending amounting to £4bn, the decision sent shockwaves through South Sudan, which is one of the poorest countries on earth. 

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the government was looking to provide “value for taxpayers” in places like South Sudan, where the UK was the country’s second-largest donor.

The feeling in this impoverished nation’s capital, Juba, is noticeably different.

The people who run international and local aid organisations – as well as those who govern…