Young children collect firewood at Doro refugee camp. Women and girls regularly walk long distances, sometimes alone, at least once a day to collect firewood for cooking and to sell. The threat of physical harm or rape from soldiers and other men in host communities while collecting firewood outside the camps is one of their top concerns.
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Women and girls share a lighter moment at the Doro refugee camp in Maban, Upper Nile state in South Sudan.
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JUBA - 24 hours after South Sudan declared independence from the north, spectators watch the country’s team play in its first international soccer match, at Juba football stadium, July 10th, 2011.
From Welcome to South Sudan, by Sarah Elliott
Mary eloped with her husband when she was 14. Her husband beat her severely and stabbed her for talking to another boy. As a result, she lost the use of her right hand. When her husband took her to the police station and accused her of adultery, the police caned her as punishment. Her husband was never charged for assaulting her. Mary now lives with her uncle.
Juba, Central Equatoria State, February 2013.
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![A guardian with Kalashnikov hanged up within his reach watches over his herd in a cattle camp of the Dinka, 2011.
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A guardian with Kalashnikov hanged up within his reach watches over his herd in a cattle camp of the Dinka, 2011.
From south sudan : on the eve of independence
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![In a Dinka cattle camp near the Nile, 2011.
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In a Dinka cattle camp near the Nile, 2011.
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![Students attend a lesson at a public school in Gudele, on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital Juba on April 8, 2013.
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Students attend a lesson at a public school in Gudele, on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital Juba on April 8, 2013.
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![A Dinka boy among cattle, 2011.
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A Dinka boy among cattle, 2011.
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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 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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