South Sudan in Focus: Criminals are busy on the streets of Juba

With the Christmas festivities approaching, criminals are active on the streets of South Sudan’s capital, Juba, snatching handbags, phones and other valuables from commuters; Nigerian international relations expert says it may be difficult to dissuade three west African countries from leaving ECOWAS, the Economic Community of West African States; Human Rights Watch has accused Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and allied militias of rape and other acts of sexual violence against women and girls in South Kordofan state; plus, more.