After walking for days, a refugee family arrives in Yida, South Sudan, Feb. 20, 2018. South Sudan's president on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, urged the country's more than 2 million refugees to return home in his first meeting with displaced people since civil war erupted almost a decade ago. [AP]
The U.N. special envoy for South Sudan called 2023 a "make or break" year for the world's newest nation that has been beset by civil war, saying Monday it's possible the country can keep its commitment to hold elections in December 2024 but only if there is political will.