South Sudan in Focus - January 17, 2022

The leader of the SPLA-IO breakaway Kit-Gwang faction, Simon Gatwech, signed an agreement in Khartoum Sunday to be integrated into the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF); Authorities in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State say they are searching for suspects after an explosion at a party killed at least 2 people and injured dozens of others in Aweil West County; Education officials in South Sudan’s Twic County of Warrap State say thousands of children have missed school for three straight months due to flooding that destroyed classrooms and made roads impassable