Exiled South Sudanese leader's wife visits Australian aid agencies

With the world's newest country falling further into the grip of famine and civil war, solutions to the crisis in South Sudan appear as distant as ever. At the heart of the crisis has been the conflict between the governments and exiled former Vice President Riek Machar whose wife is in Australia sharing some frank views on the predicament in her former homeland.

Nine year-old Thor Athiam in the schoolyard in Rumathoi town, South Sudan Source: AAP