South Sudan Shutters Schools Amidst Rising Temperatures Causing Student Fainting Spells
Amidst a blazing inferno of a heatwave, South Sudan has decided to shutter all schools for the next fortnight. It's a move prompted by an alarming reality: some children have fainted under the intense sun. How did we get here?
For the second year in succession, this nascent nation, already grappling with severe climate oddities that flood its lands in the rainy season, finds itself at odds with the February-March heat spikes. Deputy Education Minister Martin Tako Moi paints a vivid picture of an…