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South Sudan closes schools owing to extreme heatwave

A street in the South Sudan capital, Juba. FILE PHOTO | NMG

By  Fred Oluoch

Contributor in Nairobi, Kenya

Nation Media Group

The government of South Sudan has indefinitely closed all learning institutions beginning Monday, March 18 due to the current heatwave that is also sweeping across eastern Africa.

Read: Why Kenya is experiencing hot weather

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