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| Subject: 'Thank the statists': South Sudan pushed to the brink by war and hunger Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:06 am | |
| Chan Kim’s ribs protrude and his limbs are pencil-thin. But it’s the look on the boy’s face that most powerfully conveys the pain of starvation. The nine-month-old fights pneumonia and severe malnutrition in the bullet-scarred hospital at Akobo, a rebel-held town in South Sudan.
Chan’s father, a soldier, was killed in the eight-month-old civil war that has plunged the fragile nation into chaos. His mother, Nyajuk Reath, and her three children are now refugees.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/south-sudan-pushed-to-the-brink-by-war-and-hunger-20140808-101rfm.html |
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