(WATAMU, Kenya) — South Sudan’s president said Tuesday his government will ensure “unimpeded access” for all aid organizations, a day after famine was declared for more than 100,000 people in the country suffering from years of civil war. The United Nations and others have long accused the government of blocking or restricting aid delivery in the East African nation. President Salva Kiir’s remarks to the transitional national assembly came after the famine was declared in parts of oil-rich Unity state.