Judges Down Gavels Saying South Sudan Owes Four Years’ Expenses

More than 140 South Sudanese judges went on strike to demand better working conditions and the reimbursement of four years of expenses, a spokesman said, in the latest action by state employees in the African nation blighted by civil war and economic crisis.

Only seven of the oil-producing country’s 150 judges declined to participate in the nationwide strike that began Monday, Mohammed Abdallah, one of the demonstrators, said by phone from the capital, Juba.