Dispute Over Civil Servant Salary Hike in South Sudan [3:51]

Some lawmakers in South Sudan are calling on the nation’s finance ministry to sustain a civil servant salary hike that was approved in the 2023-2024 fiscal budget — developments that happened after authorities said government had no resources to sustain the 400 percent increase. For VOA, reporter Viola Elias filed this report from South Sudan’s capital, Juba.