Sam Mednick

Sam Mednick is a freelance journalist currently based in South Sudan. She’s reported from Africa, the Middle East, Europe and South America focusing on humanitarian, human interest and conflict stories.

A young girl in Ganyiel’s health clinic watches her 3-year-old sister who is sick with cholera. Her mother brought her over from Tayar island to seek treatment in the clinic.

Cholera stalks ‘refugee islands’ in swamplands of South Sudan

April 10, 2017Conflict

In South Sudan, people are sheltering from conflict wherever they can, including a network of islands in the swamps of Unity State. On one island, where 2,300 displaced people live without access to clean water or toilets, cholera has become rife.