'Biblical' flooding in South Sudan displaces hundreds of thousands
The climate crisis has triggered 'biblical' flooding in South Sudan displacing hundreds of thousands of residents. CNN's Clarissa Ward reports.
The Washington Post's report on the flooding in South Sudan.
Relief Web There are more than two million children in South Sudan, but only 8000 primary schools, 120 secondary schools, one University, and only one Teacher Training College to meet the growing demand for training teachers. No wonder that 70% of South Sudan's children are out of school and 63% of teachers are without formal training.[i] Most children in South Sudan follow a pastoral existence in rural areas, whilst the largest numbers of out-of-school children are girls. Education is hindered by poverty, child marriage and cultural and religious views that also hinder girls' education.
Sudan's Lost Boys' get caught in their country's violence once again
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Jacob Atem has been through hell and back, twice.
Two decades ago, he was one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan," part of that wave of Sudanese war orphans who wandered through East Africa in the 1990's, fleeing the civil war in southern Sudan.
Atem, like many of his peers, resettled in the US. He worked his way through college, graduated from Michigan State University and became an American citizen.
But when South Sudan achieved independence two years ago, Atem and many of the other Lost Boys started to venture back.
In recent weeks, they've been swept up again by violence — this time, the fighting among political factions within South Sudan.