South Sudan
Daughter of South Sudanese freedom fighters reflects on family and country
Concerned that her mother’s legacy would be forgotten, filmmaker Akuol de Mabior set out to create a new documentary called “No Simple Way Home.” It tells the story of Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior’s contributions to the liberation of South Sudan.
Why some Kenyan villagers take AK-47s to fetch water
On the border with South Sudan, is a Turkana village called Loblono, in Northern Kenya. These Turkana people have survived for centuries in one of the harshest landscapes on earth, the dry-as-a-bone desert that also stretches across South Sudan and Somalia. They live a nomadic lifestyle based on herding cattle, chasing the rain and the grasslands that sprout from the desert when it’s wet.
The Turkana have always been in conflict with neighboring tribes, like the Poquot and the Taposas. But, in recent years, dwindling water supplies have exacerbated the conflict on this smallest of scales. On the border with South Sudan, is a Turkana village called Loblono, in Northern Kenya. These Turkana people have survived for centuries in one of the harshest landscapes on earth, the dry-as-a-bone desert that also stretches across South Sudan and Somalia. They live a nomadic lifestyle based on herding cattle, chasing the rain and the grasslands that sprout from the desert when it’s wet.
The Turkana have always been in conflict with neighboring tribes, like the Poquot and the Taposas. But, in recent years, dwindling water supplies have exacerbated the conflict on this smallest of scales.
Clean water a casualty of civil war in South Sudan
Host Hari Sreenivasan talks to Manyang David Mayar about the situation in South Sudan where flooding and unrest has made it extremely difficult to find clean drinking water.Host Hari Sreenivasan talks to Manyang David Mayar about the situation in South Sudan where flooding and unrest has made it extremely difficult to find clean drinking water.
Why three towns in South Sudan have ‘utterly collapsed’
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is the latest in a string of international officials trekking to South Sudan to try and pressure rival leaders to call a halt to their four-month long civil war. Reporter Andrew Green is in the capital Juba and tells host Marco Werman that he sees a sliver of hope in efforts to end the fighting.U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is the latest in a string of international officials trekking to South Sudan to try and pressure rival leaders to call a halt to their four-month long civil war. Reporter Andrew Green is in the capital Juba and tells host Marco Werman that he sees a sliver of hope in efforts to end the fighting.
Sudan’s ‘Lost Boys’ get caught in their country’s violence once again
Nearly 20,000 boys in southern Sudan were displaced or orphaned during the country’s long civil war. Many were resettled in the US, starting in 2001. Jacob Atem was one and he recently returned to the new country of South Sudan, only to be caught in the renewed fighting there.