South Sudan: Meet the South Sudanese Farmers Who Want to Feed Their War-Torn Nation

Jun 1, 2015 | Charlotte Alfred, Huffington Post
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Pineapple farmer Marko Bagayowya has big plans. He wants to build a juice factory and sell South Sudan-made drinks. He wants to leave his four children an inheritance, something his own father was unable to do. And he wants to build a legacy for his brand-new nation -- a land that is rich in oil and agricultural resources, but where people are starving to death. Conflict broke out in South Sudan in 2013, just two years after the country gained hard-fought independence from Sudan. A political dispute between the new nation’s leaders ignited a civil war that has killed tens of thousands and sparked one of the worst humanitarian crises on the globe.