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A Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) government soldier smokes a cigarette at the SPLA headquarters in Nyang, Yirol East Country, South Sudan on February 15, 2014.
Despite its recent secession, the country continues to face serious civil unrest. In 2013 a political struggle between President Salva Kiir of the Dinka ethnicity, and his deputy Machar, the Nuer ethnic group, transformed into a full-blown ethnic war.
