LEER, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s civil war took away everything that had been precious to Mary Nyak Chot.

“All my children were killed. The youngest two were burned in their home. The other four were bombed by artillery. My husband also died,” she said on Tuesday while clutching a food ration card. She was attending the first food distribution — organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross — since July in Leer, an area facing famine.

It’s been two years since the civil war began in South Sudan, a nation which is itself only four years old. The violence continues, despite a peace deal signed more than three months ago.

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