'Our children die in our hands': Floods ravage South Sudan On a scrap of land surrounded by flooding in South Sudan, families drink and bathe from the waters that swept away latrines and continue to riseOLD FANGAK, South Sudan -- On a scrap of land surrounded by flooding in South Sudan, families drink and bathe from the waters that swept away latrines and continue to rise. She said she had little knowledge of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging other parts of the world and spreading largely undetected in poorly resourced South Sudan. Instead, her fear is that the makeshift water dike around their home could collapse at any time, flooding the young children. When there is no canoe to transport people during times that waters surge, “our children die in our hands because we are helpless,” he said. The people of South Sudan put their trust in President Salva Kiir and former armed opposition leader Riek Machar to lead during this transition period, “but now they are failing us,” said the government's acting deputy director in the area, Kueth Gach Monydhot.

Source: ABC News January 01, 2021 07:52 UTC