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EXCLUSIVE: South Sudan’s displaced trapped on Nile frontlines
http://www.france24.com/en/20150620-exclusive-south-sudan-fighting-displaced-nile-frontlines-malakalEXCLUSIVE: South Sudan’s displaced trapped on Nile frontlines
FRANCE 24
Latest update : 2015-06-20
A fresh wave of fighting near Malakal, capital of South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, has displaced and trapped tens of thousands of displaced people, a FRANCE 24 team discovered this week.
Surrounded by her 12 grandchildren, Ayak Ajak Aleng dips a gnarled hand into a bowl of grain and shrugs. It’s going to be another exercise in minuscule divisions.
“I have to divide this small amount between all of them,” she explains as the children gather around her, staring at the camera. “None of us are getting our salaries over here, we have no money and there is no way for us to get food."
The settlement of Wau Shilluk lies just a few kilometers upstream on the River Nile from Malakal, capital of South Sudan's Upper Nile state and the gateway to major oilfields.
