In South Sudan, hunger complicates plans to end wildlife poaching

Tiang, a type of the antelope, hide under a tree in a national park in South Sudan [Brian Inganga/AP]

Mading, South Sudan – On a hot morning in July, Michael Alier grabbed his assault rifle and headed out on a motorcycle taxi, known locally as a boda boda, to the bush in search of food.

It was the wet season in Mading, some 200km from Juba, the capital of South Sudan.