South Sudan hikes fees to register aid agencies six-fold

South Sudan's government has increased registration fees nearly six-fold for international aid groups seeking to operate in the war-torn nation, an official told Reuters.

Two years after emerging as an independent state, the oil-rich country plunged into conflict in December 2013 as rivalry between President Salva Kiir and his then-vice president, Riek Machar, exploded into violence.