内容摘要：Congress first adopted a differential pay statute in 2009, but the

Congress first adopted a differential pay statute in 2009, but the

Despite a peace deal in 2018 that ended a five-year civil war, pockets of fighting persist. Tensions in Western Equatoria are especially high after the president removed the governor in February, sparking anger among his supporters. When AP reporters visited Nzara, the main road to town was cut off one day because of gunshots and people were fleeing their villages, fearful of further violence.The government says companies can operate safely, but warned them to focus on business.

“If I’m a businessman, dealing with my business, let me not mix with politics. Once you start mixing your business with politics, definitely you will end up in chaos,” said Alison Barnaba, the state’s minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Environment.Soldiers stand at their outpost near Nzara, South Sudan on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)Soldiers stand at their outpost near Nzara, South Sudan on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Barnaba said there are plans to rehabilitate old coffee plantations and build an agriculture school, but details are murky, including where the money will come from. South Sudan hasn’t paid its civil servants in more than a year, and a rupture of a crucial oil pipeline through neighboring Sudan has tanked oil revenue.Growing the coffee isn’t always easy, either. Farmers have to contend with fires that spread quickly in the dry season and decimate their crops. Hunters use fires to scare and kill animals and residents use it to clear land for cultivation. But the fires can get out of control and there are few measures in place to hold people accountable, say residents.

A worker tends to excelsa seedlings inside a greenhouse near Nzara, South Sudan on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

A worker tends to excelsa seedlings inside a greenhouse near Nzara, South Sudan on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)Cooper referred additional questions to authorities in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Seattle Times reported the man fled in handcuffs.

Officials said Port of Seattle police confirmed through video camera images that the man had boarded the train headed north, and security with Sound Transit confirmed he was seen leaving a station in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.Authorities searched baggage claim and other parts of the airport, and operations at the airport weren’t affected, the statement says.

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