A muddy field in South Sudan is at the center of an intractable war – The Washington Post

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A muddy field in South Sudan is at the center of an intractable war

At a United Nations camp, desperation, anger and violence reign.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/08/08/a-muddy-field-in-south-sudan-is-at-the-center-of-an-intractable-war/

No matter how many times my colleague Jane Hahn and I visited Mayik, we could never find her tent without getting lost. And so getting lost, wandering through muddy alleys and into spare, makeshift huts, became our introduction to the United Nations’ Protection of Civilians site here, population 32,791. It was a city within the city of Malakal, a refuge for people driven from their homes in one of Africa’s bloodiest wars.