East Africa: US Calls for Crackdown On S. Sudan War Money Invested in Kenya

Nairobi — The United States has urged Kenya to investigate properties and assets owned by elite families from South Sudan, including its president and his rival, who have enriched themselves in their country's civil war raging since 2013.

Sigal Mandelker, the US Treasury's under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence on a tour of east Africa, said South Sudanese, some of them on a sanctions list, have continued to invest illicit money in Kenya's real estate market.

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