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As funds dry up, so do South Sudan’s hopes of feeding itself

In a nation beset by civil war and corruption, foreign-aid cuts add to the struggle to support malnourished children Reporting, photography and video by Janice Dickson Bor, South Sudan The Globe and Mail Published 15 minutes ago

Outside a nutrition centre in South Sudan, 10-year-old Akem Akuot wraps her thin arms around her brother Garang, who is 3. His eyes are glossy, and his head falls heavily onto his sister’s chest.

She props him up and tips a pink cup of porridge into his mouth. As it pools around his lips, dripping onto his chin, he motions for more.

It’s a hot afternoon in November, not far from the town of Bor, which lies about 200 kilometres north of Juba, the capital. The children are at a cook

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