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Jacob Atem in 2012 with his step-mother in the village of Maar, South Sudan.

Sudan’s ‘Lost Boys’ get caught in their country’s violence once again

Conflict & Justice

Nearly 20,000 boys in southern Sudan were displaced or orphaned during the country’s long civil war. Many were resettled in the US, starting in 2001. Jacob Atem was one and he recently returned to the new country of South Sudan, only to be caught in the renewed fighting there.

Displaced people gather inside a mosquito net tent as they flee from fighting between the South Sudanese army and rebels in Bor.

The White Nile river is becoming a death-trap for people fleeing the killing in South Sudan

Conflict & Justice
South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir, listens to a question during a news conference, Wednesday. He's accused of not listening to critics.

Was there a coup in South Sudan?

Conflict & Justice