Trapped by poverty: How South Sudan’s economic crisis drives poaching
Dust swirls across Nimule’s potholed road as motorcycles weave past long lines of waiting vehicles. This is South Sudan’s busiest land crossing a place where trade, legal or not, thrives. The country’s economic freefall has made the national park a hunting ground, and its exit points like Nimule an escape route for smuggled wildlife. Nimule […]
South Sudan struggles to curb smuggling along its border
South Sudan is grappling with waves of smuggled substandard and intoxicated goods, posing serious health risks to its citizens. Recent reports highlight the alarming ways these items are secretly transported into the country, concealed beneath legitimate imports in trucks at border entry points. Simon Akuei Deng, Commissioner of the South Sudan Revenue Authority (SSRA), has […]
