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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Florence Miettaux

Mental health clinics in violence-prone South Sudan are rare and endangered

South Sudan Mental Health - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Joy Falatiya said her husband kicked her and five children out of their home in March 2024 and that she fell apart after that. Homeless and penniless, the 35-year-old South Sudanese mother said she thought of ending her life.

“I wanted to take my children and jump in the river,” she said while cradling a baby outside a room with cracked mud walls where she now stays.

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