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John Prendergast discusses the problems still plaguing South Sudan as the country marks its fourth Independence Day.

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South Sudan's anniversary marks little to celebrate

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South Sudanese People Liberation Army (SPLA) soldier patrols in Malakal on January 21, 2014. Pressure mounted on South Sudan's warring parties Tuesday to reach a ceasefire to end weeks of bitter fighting and atrocities on both sides that have devastated the young nation.Thousands have been killed and half a million civilians forced to flee the fighting between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and rebels allied to his sacked deputy Riek Machar. AFP PHOTO / HARRISON NGETHI (Photo credit should read HARRISON NGETHI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Nyakong, 22, has been hiding in a village with her family and their cows near Nasir in war-torn South Sudan for months. The village is unsafe, but the floodwaters are too high to bring her three young children to Leitchuor refugee camp in Ethiopia. "We've survived by just drinking cow's milk," she says. "Before the war, I was huge, but from lack of food I've got so thin."

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South Sudan's anniversary marks little to celebrate

John Prendergast discusses the problems still plaguing South Sudan as the country marks its fourth Independence Day.

Source: CNN