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South Sudan in Focus: Rising Tensions in South Sudan after Arrests
South Sudan in Focus: A South Sudan People’s Defense Forces commander who was trapped in the force’s barracks after the White Army captured Nasir this week is expected to be flown out of the town soon. A South Sudan expert says the arrests this week of individuals affiliated with the country’s revitalized peace agreement signifies a lack of confidence in the process. Some health worker displaced by the conflict in Sudan are offering their services at mobile health Center sponsored by Sudanese American Physicians Association or SAPA, a non-profit founded by Sudan doctors in the United States. And South Sudan’s main opposition group says its members are in a state of panic as government security operatives intensify a crackdown, arresting senior officials and forcing others into hiding. All this and more on South Sudan in Focus.