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South Sudan: Children Have to Choose Between School or Work for Food
‍[East African] When Deng Akech was three, South Sudan descended into civil war, just two years after gaining independence from Sudan. Now 10, Deng should be at school and gearing for the country's independence celebrations on July 9. Instead, he is making bricks for a living together with his mother and two brothers.
"I dropped out of school last year after the coronavirus hit, and I have not gone back because there is no one to pay my school fees," he told The EastAfrican.
Indeed, families have had to choose between sen
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