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flag South Sudan’s Akuak people face sixth year of severe floods, losing homes and livelihoods despite clinging to ancestral land.

flag The Akuak, a South Sudanese fishing community, is battling worsening floods fueled by climate change, using papyrus and mud to reinforce their fragile land on the Nile River. flag This marks the sixth consecutive year of catastrophic flooding, displacing over 375,000 people. flag Despite losing their traditional herding lifestyle decades ago, the group remains committed to their ancestral land, relying solely on fishing. flag Their homes, built on shifting atolls, are accessible only by canoe, and they hope water levels will eventually recede like in the 1960s.

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