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A little girl runs along a path, pulling a monkey on a length of twine, a gift from one of her uncles. The girl is Atong, aged eight, youngest of the six children of John Garang de Mabior, who lies in state a few metres away. Her laughter and reprimands to the monkey interrupt a visiting Western journalist who wants to record his news report. The report, she says, is 'boring'....

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Keywords:

Atong, John Garang de Mabior, Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior, Salva Kiir Mayardit, Kenya, Uganda, South African, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Dave Rob, United States, Connie Newman, Roger Winter, Vladmir Zhagora

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