During the South Sudanese Civil War, which has claimed nearly 400,000 lives, the United States helped the main belligerent in the war continually acquire arms through Uganda, a close U.S. ally in the region. For years, the Ugandan government channeled arms, ammunition, and military aircraft to the regime of President Salva Kiir, according to
How the United States Kept Arms Flowing into South Sudan
South Sudan faces several arms embargo. So how has its government continued to get weapons?