South Sudan in Focus

The United Nations office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or UNOCHA, in Sudan says about 14.3 million people across Sudan will need humanitarian assistance in 2022; South Sudan’s health ministry is denying a report that more than eighty people died of a mysterious illness in Fangak County of Jonglei state, saying instead there was an upsurge of malaria cases in the area; Residents in the Jonglei state capital Bor say the ongoing civil servants’ strike is disrupting their normal lives.