South Sudan in Focus - January 21, 2022

Authorities in Warrap State's Gogriel East County are pursuing a suspected member of the South Sudan People’s Defense Force who reportedly killed two women with a knife and shot another man in Konglong Boma this morning before escaping; A presidential spokesman has condemned a recent statement made by U.S Senator Patrick Leahy calling on the South Sudan President Salva Kiir and First Vice Resident Riek Machar to step down; An education official in Twic County of South Sudan’s Warrap State says hundreds and possibly thousands of students missed school for more than two weeks because of to the Twic Olympics that ended this week; Two top US diplomats say assistance to Sudan will remain suspended while threatening measures against those blocking the transition to democracy