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SSUDAN - SPLA - CELEBRATIONS
A South Sudanese soldier stands with a South Sudan flag in his boot during a parade to celebrate the 31st anniversary of the Sudan People Liberation's Army/Movement (SPLA/M) forming at the Dr John Garang memorial mausoleum in Juba on May 16, 2014. The SPLA were formed in 1983 as a guerrilla movement during the second Sudanese civil war. As of 2013, the SPLA was estimated to have 210,000 soldiers. Following South Sudan's independence in 2011, the SPLA became the new republic's regular army. Recent conflict in the country has claimed thousands and possibly tens of thousands of lives, with over 1.2 million people forced to flee their homes as the SPLA battle rebel opposition groups. AFP PHOTO/Charles Lomodong
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