South Sudan Tribes Pursue Peace Through Sport

With chests bare and leopard skins tied around their waists, 30 South Sudanese athletes marched into Juba Stadium on Saturday morning to begin a weeklong "Wrestling for Peace" tournament. Four teams from different tribes are competing for prizes of cattle, as well as national bragging rights. But the tournament is also meant to show that different South Sudanese tribes can live in peace after more than two years of war divided the country along ethnic lines. Peter Biar Ajak,...

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