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Living on the Edge of South Sudan’s Toxic Floodplains
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.
The Disputes Over African Leaders’ Funerals
Over two months after his death, former Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s body remains unburied, as his family and the Zambian state fight over his final resting place. Similar disputes across Africa have shown that leaders’ burials are rarely just about graves; they are about who gets to define history.