Many of the players were injured in South Sudan’s decades-long struggle for independence from Sudan that ended with the creation of the new nation in 2011. ( Bullen Chol / The Associated Press )JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN—Warnings of possible genocide hang over the world’s youngest nation, but here on a basketball court under a fierce morning sun, South Sudan’s civil war seems a world away. The wheelchair basketball training marked the first time some of the men had been involved in sports, and Markt said he had to teach them how to work together as a team. Peter Bol Wal, a player-coach who was among the first South Sudanese to play wheelchair basketball, said more disabled people in the capital are embracing the sport. The aid group works with the South Sudan Wheelchair Basketball Association to put on weekly games.

Source: thestar February 02, 2017 21:50 UTC