South Sudan in Focus - August 17, 2022

South Sudan in Focus: A senior government official in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State was killed in what officials say appears to be a targeted attack by unidentified gunmen in Malakal Town last night; The holdout rebel group the South Sudan United Front and Army (SSUF/A) led by former army chief General Paul Malong is threatening to pull out of peace talks with the government after accusing Juba of carrying out attacks on the group’s military bases; Relatives of civil servants being detained by Bor police say their loved ones went missing from the police detention facility.