South Sudan, UN ink deal to boost flood response

The 299,000-U.S.-dollar deal, signed by the South Sudanese Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, will scale up flood mitigation supplies for the counties of Bor and Fangak in Jonglei State and Pibor in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area.

Floods have displaced 241,000 people in 16 counties and the Abyei Administrative Area, according to the UN. (File photo)