South Sudan in Focus

South Sudan authorities are dismissing a new report by the United Nations Humans Rights Commission which says armed groups in the country have continued to use rape against women and girls as a military tactic; Authorities in South Sudan's Warrap State have launched a disarmament exercise in a bid to end inter-communal violence being perpetrated by armed militias in the area; A Sudanese political analyst says Russia’s war in Ukraine has put a strain on an already faltering economy in Sudan