Life and Loss in South Sudan

July 27, 2016 8:51 AM

In the public hospital in Maiwut, a town 400 kilometers north-east of the capital, Juba, doctors and nurses work around the clock to help those in need. ... Health facilities and critical services like water and electricity are often disrupted or destroyed completely. The hospital in Maiwut is basic. The only available electricity comes from diesel-powered generators that occasionally cut out, a fact of life that can prove deadly.

From AP: South Sudanese government soldiers raped dozens of ethnic Nuer women and girls last week just outside a United Nations camp where they had sought protection from renewed fighting, and at least two died from their injuries.
From Newsweek: Who's Who in South Sudan's Game of Thrones
From the BBC: Nykhor Paul is a US-based supermodel from South Sudan who says she spends every day "trying to build a bridge between my two worlds."
From National Geographic (2014): How the Word's Youngest Nation Descended Into Bloody Civil War

posted by Bella Donna (4 comments total)

If you are a teenaged woman in South Sudan, you are more likely to die in childbirth than graduate high school.
posted by Etrigan at 9:28 AM on July 27, 2016

The Intercept recently ran a 3-part series on South Sudan ... It's pretty grim.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
posted by ZenMasterThis at 9:57 AM on July 27, 2016

It's tragic when considerd in light of the tentative jubilance and celebration that accompanied the declaration of independence.

I read an interesting piece yesterday about China and Sudan's role in this conflict.
posted by smoke at 7:29 PM on July 27, 2016

Gods above and below; horrifying.
posted by Deoridhe at 9:57 PM on July 27, 2016