South Sudan in Focus

The commissioner of Mundri East County in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria State, Margareth Fozia Emmanuel, says frequent attacks on vehicles along the Juba-Mundri road have caused panic among area farmers and are likely to affect this year's harvest; Communities in the Obira village of South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria State fear the recent killing of a youth leader by armed young men could spark revenge killings and are asking authorities to deploy police in the area to defuse a looming conflict; Some victims who were injured during the 2018/2019 Sudanese revolution are reiterating their calls to the transitional government to bring their abusers to court for justice