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Massive displacement in Jonglei

5 July 2017. Lankien: (Right) Jany Pok assists his son Duor Jany (11), seriously affected with cholera on July 5, 2017, at the clinic run by Doctors Withouth Borders (MSF) in Lankien, Jonglei, South Sudan. The cholera outbreak in the region has reached a moderate increase for the past weeks.

Fighting between Government and opposition forces last April pushed thousands of civilians to displace to Padding and Lankien, both still under opposition control. The massive displacement, that duplicated the population, brought an outbreak of cholera and a serious need of health assistance, drinking water and food distribution among the population, according to the local leaders.

Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - AFP - www.albertgonzalez.net

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Uploaded on July 10, 2017
Taken on July 5, 2017