Flood Submerged home, farmers in Pachalla South County

Month of August 2025 – Approximately 8,530 individuals have been affected by flooding in Pochalla South County in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA), leaving residents homeless and farms destroyed along the border with Ethiopia. The overflow of the Akobo River often breaks its banks and floods Pochalla and other low-lying areas near the border. Livelihoods have also been destroyed like maize crops now standing in water before the harvest. Most places that are affected are school and church buildings. The county headquarters of Pochalla Town, Batagela, Achari, Tierlul, Okadi, Obuoodhi, Ajiengori, Lokrii, Aperngom, Buong Ojangbayo, Lang, Obuodi, Adongol, and Dho-Olam.