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For the disabled in South Sudan, sport is a distraction from war
After decades of fighting, wheelchair basketball has brought people together, writes CHARLTON DOKI
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Warnings of possible genocide hang over the world’s youngest nation. But here on a basketball court under a fierce morning sun, South Sudan’s civil war seems like another country.
Flashing up and down the court in blue and yellow jerseys, the players laugh and sweat as their wheelchairs jostle for position.
This wheelchair basketball tournament in South Sudan’s capital Juba is the culmination of a two-week training session run by Jess Markt, a coach from Colorado who has led similar programs in countries ravaged by conflict.
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