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Early morning in a cattle camp in Warrap State, South Sudan. As a pastoralist tribe, the Dinka from Twic county keep cattle of over 200 cows in open camp.
Traditionally, children look after and herd them. 
Cattle are a symbol of wealth and used as a dowry to marry a girl. 

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In a local bar in Turalei, South Sudan, internally displaced South Sudanese and returnees from Khartoum are under influence of home-made beer made of sorghum from the early hours of the morning.
Most came back after the Independence of South Sudan in 2011, but very few manage to find a job or make a living. They are badly hit by food shortage and struggle to adapt themselves into a society they do not belong to.

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One of South Sudan’s main plagues is related to health. Lack of infrastructure make it very difficult for families to access local clinics, often kilometres away from each other.
Many children suffer from chest infections, malnutrition and malaria. Those diseases often provoke convulsions that might lead to the death of the child.
All of them are preventable disease that could easily be cured when treatments are accessible. in Aweil, Nothern Bahr El Gazal, South Sudan

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A young girl is getting dust on her face as a truck drives pass her in Nimule, South Sudan on February 19, 2013. 

Nimule is the biggest custom place in the country. Despite huge natural resources, South Sudan must import most of it goods from neighbouring countries, such as Kenya and Uganda because there is very little investments in agricultural policy. As a consequence, prices in South Sudan are very high in comparison to other under-developed and developing countries.

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A young refugee is cutting a tree as sun sets. To build houses and fences and make charcoal to cook, the refugee from South Kordofan, Suda in Yida Refugee camp have to cut trees around and outside the camp, erasing wildlife and huge forests to survive.

Over 70 000 civilians have fled South Kordofan, Sudan as the Sudanese government have been dropping bombs on Sudanese civilians for over one year and a half around the region hitting civilians and military areas. NGOs and journalists are forbidden from entering the region.

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A South Sudanese kid carrying empty dirty jerrycane and plastic bottles is on his way to fetch water, in JanJang where is to open in March a new refugee camp to support the already overwhelmed Yida refugee camp in South Sudan on February 2, 2013.

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A few days after their arrival at Yida Refugee camp, children are finally playing within the compound. They explained that they couldn’t remember when was the last time they played outside because they constantly feared the bomber from the Sudanese government.

Back in Yida tomorrow!
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As the sun rises, a kid from the Bari tribe is brushing her teeth at the entrance of the compound in Gudele, neighbourhood of Juba, capital of South Sudan on January 23rd 2013. Tribal tensions exists between the Bari and the majority tribe, the Dinka, as the Bari used to be the only tribe in Juba and the end of the war between Sudan and Southern Sudan made the main tribes and NGOs settle in this new capital. Since the secession in July 2011, talks are on-going about moving the capital to another village belonging to the Dinka tribe.

AFP PHOTO/ Camille Lepage