South Sudan in Focus

As the world commemorates Women's History Month, some South Sudanese women in the capital, Juba, are complaining about what they call discriminatory and unlawful treatment they receive from police and immigration officers at the various checkpoints whenever they travel with their children; Authorities in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area say prices of basic commodities have sharply dropped after traders resorted to supplying the town through Eastern Equatoria State a month after the Juba-Pibor road shutdown over insecurity; With just 12 months to the end of the transitional period, partners in South Sudan’s unity government have yet to establish a Special Reconstruction Fund, as required by the revitalized peace agreement