At least 25 people have been killed are a cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off at Juba International Airport in South Sudan.
As fighting continues across South Sudan, more than 1,000 people have been killed and thousands more displaced and requiring humanitarian assistance.
They call Guor Marial an athlete without a country, but that couldn’t be further from the truth – he is running for South Sudan
Guor Marial, an athlete from South Sudan, will be participating in the London 2012 Olympics, but not under his country’s flag. Marial will be competing in the longest race of the Games – the men’s marathon – as an independent.