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A
woman and a girl carry food on March 10, 2017, from a distribution centre in
Ngop in South Sudan, a country where violence and subsequent famine have killed
tens of thousands and forced 3.7 million people from their homes
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South Sudan, the world's
youngest nation gripped by civil war, has cancelled its official independence
day celebrations for the second year running.
AFP
report continues:
"We
are not celebrating... because our situation does not require us to celebrate
at a time when there are people in need of these funds," explained
government spokesman Michael Makuei of the cancellation.
South
Sudan split with Sudan on July 9, 2011 but has been engulfed by civil war since
2013.
Violence
and subsequent famine have killed tens of thousands and forced 3.7 million
people from their homes.
Its
oil-dependant economy is on the brink of collapse, with inflation spiralling to
over 800 percent this year.
Last year's independence day celebrations were also cancelled due to violent clashes in Juba between the forces of President Salva Kiir and those loyal to former deputy Reik Machar.
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