"The leaders of South Sudan are bastards who starve their own people," she told Dutch TV station RTL4 this week.
"The people of South Sudan have been abandoned by their leaders, left in the lurch, and they need help desperately," she said.
| How is that different from any other third-world, authoritarian shit-hole? |
UNICEF says that nearly 1.4 million children are at imminent risk of death from starvation in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.
While few have stated their views on South Sudan’s leaders in terms as strong as Minister Ploumen, the Dutch politician isn’t alone in blaming South Sudan’s own government.
Of course Juba has summoned the Dutch ambassador demanding an apology.