South Sudan in Focus

South Sudan lawmakers at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) are boycotting its sessions to protest what they say is an unfair recruitment process at the East African Community Secretariat; Authorities in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area say residents are feeling the negative impact of the withdrawal of aid agencies from the area following attack threats by local youths last week; Doctors at the Juba Teaching hospital have called off their strike after reaching an agreement with authorities, and after Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi assured them their demands would be met