South Sudan in Focus

The Central Bank of South Sudan has ordered commercial banks to block and freeze the bank accounts of civil society activists associated with the Peoples Coalition for Civil Action, a group that called for countrywide protests against the government in August; Pope Francis has sent a donation of more than 70,000 US dollars to help flood victims in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, Authorities in the Jonglei State capital Bor have launched a crackdown on members of gangs commonly known by the 'n' word amidst rising gang violence in parts of the town