A mayor in South Sudan was caught on video slapping a female street vendor. He has since been sacked

A video showing a mayor in South Sudan slapping a female street vendor has gone viral. In the video, Emmanuel Khamis Richard, the acting mayor of the African nation's capital, is seen wielding a pistol and walking up to where a policeman and a woman vendor are scuffling as the police are trying to clear a Juba street of illegal vendors last week. The video was shared widely on social media, prompting an uproar in the national legislature while women’s rights groups and activists have demanded the mayor be removed from office, citing rights violation and poor leadership.