South Sudan has vast freshwater resources, including Africa’s largest wetland, the Sudd, which is fed by the overflow of the White Nile. The name is derived from the Arabic word for barrier ...

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit ordered ... Elkhazin added that flooding is seasonal and should not be a reason to drain the Sudd tributaries, which would have an everlasting ...

Flooding is becoming a yearly disaster in South Sudan. Tens of thousands of South ... of the lifestyle of pastoral communities around the Sudd, the largest wetland in Africa.

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Enormous floods have once again engulfed much of South Sudan, as record water levels in Lake Victoria flow ...

In the Sudd region of South Sudan, the Nile passes through a vast network of smaller rivers, swamps and floodplains. It’s one of the world’s largest wetlands. Flood levels vary significantly ...

drying up the country's White Nile river and the Sudd wetlands which farmers and local wildlife rely on. But government officials, including South Sudan's vice presidents, have argued that the ...