Known as #CanalVillage , it had been a #strategic #military position decades ago in northern #Jonglei state, with the city of #Malakal further along the #Nile . But its new residents discovered, to their dismay, that within its confines lay an old #minefield .
Their #predicament #encapsulates the #impact of a #ClimateCrisis on a country which is yet to recover from a brutal five-year #CivilWar . A #peace #deal signed in 2018 has done little to stop #endemic #violence .
South Sudan floods: Fleeing Nile waters to a minefieldBBC News