“If I take blood from any of you and ask that you identify which one is Dinka, Shilluk, Murle or Nuer, that will be impossible. Dinkas, Shilluks, Murlers, and Nuer – all have the same blood that unites us as South Sudanese people,” said Dr Agot Aleir Leek, Deputy Governor of Jonglei State.
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A section of students of the John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology listen attentively at an UNMISS forum on identity
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Senior army officers in Yei, learning about the human costs of war, the rights and suffering of victims of sexual violence.
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The author, Gideon Sackitey (right) helps colleagues to offload mattresses - part of the items they donated to the children's ward at Bor Town Hospital - from a truck.