In South Sudan, a state of dependency
International aid is both an invaluable help to South Sudan and a crutch that sometimes enables it to avoid reality
Under critical strain: the Elders visit to Yusuf Batil refugee camp in South Sudan
?The camp, which did not exist two months ago, is remarkably well organised. And yet the international community is not doing enough to support them." Exactly one year since South Sudan gained its independence, Mary Robinson blogs about the Elders' visit on Saturday to a refugee camp hosting 35,000 people who have fled from recent fighting in the Sudanese state of Blue Nile.