South Sudan: Independence - Nothing to Celebrate in 2017

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For a second time, South Sudan won't be celebrating its 9 July anniversary of independence. The government announced the cancellation of festivities due to a lack of funding and the country's ongoing conflict.

Indeed, six years after liberation, South Sudan's humanitarian crisis is worse than ever, with grave violations of human rights and a lingering brutal civil war.

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