South Sudan’s Carlik Jones FIBA South Sudan has lurched from one crisis to another since winning independence in 2011, but
South Sudan has lurched from one crisis to another since winning independence in 2011, but the country’s basketball team are determined to “change the narrative” on the world stage.
Their hopes of reaching the second round ended after a defeat to Serbia on Wednesday, but they still have the chance to claim a qualifying spot at next year’s Paris Olympics. Forward Nuni Omot was born in a refugee camp in Kenya, where his parents spent three years after travelling more than 400 miles to flee civil war in Ethiopia.
“The reason why this is so important and means a lot is because we have so much division, a lot of trouble and a lot of conflict going on in our country,” he said.“There’s no more tribes—‘I’m from so-and-so region’—everyone is wearing the same flag and that’s South Sudan.”
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