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South Sudan's Last Surgeon and the Church of Duterte: The Week in Global-Affairs Writing

The highlights from seven days of reading about the world
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Amanda Sperber | “Even though it serves a community of roughly 200,000 people, Bunj hospital in South Sudan is a bare-bones affair. The walls are dingy, medical supplies are scarce, and there’s only one operating table, which sits starkly in the center of a white-tiled room. With 120 beds, the majority of patients share space on mats and fabric on the well-swept cement floor. The maze of halls

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