I was giving a work colleague a lift back home, about a 15 minute drive. Suddenly she started shouting; “Get off the road! Get off the road!” It was difficult to react quickly. The road shoulder was just a ditch and dirt. If I’d pulled aside quickly, we could have rolled. As I slowed down to a halt, I turned my head to see a black limousine hurtle past, followed by a truck-load of soldiers, with their rifles trained on [...]

It’s the dry season here and hot. Hot! I’m used to high temperatures, growing up in Queensland, in Australia’s north-east. In summer, it’s regularly 35 degrees there. In my early twenties, I owned an old car without air conditioning and driving around, the sweat used to trickle down my legs. But Juba– well, it’s hot like I’ve never experienced before. I wake up at 5 in the morning, my head aching, my throat parched, in a room that feels like [...]