South Sudan Starves Waiting for Veep's Delayed Return

It’s just a few weeks before the start of the planting season in South Sudan’s Leer County, but 51-year-old farmer James Gatjung hasn’t made any moves to plow his lands or even buy seeds. South Sudan’s brutal civil war—tens of thousands of people, if not more, have been killed —has made it impossible to farm. "How can you cultivate the land when you are running for your life?” he asks.