Uganda, March 21 -- Last Sunday, a team of journalists from Kampala embarked on a 635-kilometre trip to Juba, the South Sudan capital city.

In Kampala, the temperature was 26 degrees Celsius (26degC), but up north in Gulu City, it soared to 31degC. But on the second day of our road trip to Juba, as we crossed the border at Elegu into Nimule on the South Sudan side, the temperatures had risen to 39degC.

As the day wore on, the heat intensified and by the time we arrived in Juba, the temperature had climbed to 42degC.

The residents in Juba say the blistering heat has confined them indoors for the last few weeks. They say they have only ventured outdoors at night when the temperatures climb down from 45degC to about 39degC.

So, on March ...