South Sudan: In South Sudan, U.S.$40 Buys a Boat Ride to Safety - but Little Else

7 January 2014

As South Sudanese government and rebel forces fight for control of the strategic town of Bor, civilians lucky enough to have money pay about $40 to cross the River Nile and escape the fighting.

They cross at night to avoid being mistaken for rebels and shot at.

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