Waterlilies Sustain South Sudanese Fleeing Civil War Horrors
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Mary Jorjor is no longer a mother. All seven of her children died in fighting that has consumed South Sudan since December and turned independence for the world’s newest nation into a nightmare.
Her three daughters were killed during the explosion of violence in the capital, Juba, while her sons died after they joined rebel forces, Jorjor, 46, said as she waited at a United Nations-funded food distribution center in the village of Jeich in the eastern province of Jonglei. Her family is Nuer, the ethnic group that generally supports insurgents fighting the army and pro-government Dinka people.