South Sudan in Focus

Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was released from detention and is under tight surveillance at home, according to multiple sources; Malik Agar, a member of the Sudan Revolutionary Front, an umbrella of armed opposition groups that joined Sudan transitional government after signing the Juba Peace Agreement, says his party the SPLM ̶ North does not agree with the "an unauthorized transfer of power"; Security officials in South Sudan’s Jonglei State capital Bor say at least 15 suspected members of youth gangs who were being detained at a military barracks have escaped