Prostitution in South Sudan is legal but related activities such as soliciting or brothel-keeping are illegal.[1]
Since independence from Sudan in July 2011, prostitution has expanded considerably, mainly due to an influx of prostitutes from nearby African countries.[1][2][3][4][5][6] In the capital, Juba, the number of prostitutes rose from a few thousand at the time of independence to an estimated 10,000 in 2014.[1] Juba has a large percentage of foreign residents including aid workers and UN personnel. Many of these are single men, or married men living away from home. Their relative wealth has attracted women and girls from within South Sudan and also from Kenya, Congo, Uganda, and Khartoum.[1]
Sex workers are subject to police harassment and brutality.[1]
Sex trafficking,[7] child prostitution[3] and HIV[8] are problems in the country.
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