The approval of South Sudan's 2023-2024 national budget has come to a halt after opposition MPs walked out of the session in the capital, Juba, over a proposed salary increase for civil servants .

The country is in its second month of the new financial year without an approved national budget as cabinet and the parliament disagree on the nature of the budget.  

MPs from the main opposition political party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) of First Vice President, Riek Machar, want a 600% salary increment for civil servants in order to meet the high cost of living.

For more on this is South Sudan by Edmund Yakani, Executive Director of prominent civil society group, the Community Empowerment for Progress Organisation (CEPO)...