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Being a member of the Dinga tribe, the ruling tribe in South Sudan ... to Water,” which is based on the story of the “Lost Boys of Sudan” — 20,000 young boys who fled their homeland ...

War in the South Sudan severed an entire generation of Lost Boys from their birthplace and their families. Biar Atem is one of them. From age 7 to 21 he lived in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya.

He saw the majority of his family perish in Sudan’s ongoing civil war and is revered as a leader in the country he left behind. Aleu attended the Children’s Theatre Company production of “The Lost ...

Sporadic violence has continued in parts of South Sudan since the peace deal was signed in 2018 The United States has ordered all its non-emergency staff in South Sudan to leave, amid rising ...