South Sudan
South Sudan’s Toxic Floods
In 2021, catastrophic flooding in South Sudan’s Unity State drove millions from their homes and submerged dozens of oil wells in the petroleum-rich area. With 70% of the state still underwater, residents are living in and around toxic marshes — and seeing the effects in hospitals and maternity wards.
Cattle, Guns and the Search for a Nation
Today, South Sudan has its place on the world map, but it is not meaningfully sovereign. While the civil war has formally ended, it continues to manifest itself violently at the local level across the country, serving as a stark lesson for the “international community” that peace and security do not magically appear just because the big men in the capital have shaken hands.