South Sudan in Focus

A cargo plane bound for Maban crashed soon after taking off from Juba International Airport. Five people reportedly died; 200 health workers at Bor State Hospital in Jonglei State have returned to work days after they went on strike to protest delays in paying their incentives and salaries; As efforts increase to try to resolve the conflict between Sudanese military and civilian leaders, civil society activists say Sudan’s top military leader must release all civilians detained in the aftermath of last week’s coup and agree to immediately hand over power to civilians