KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - South Sudan became the 206th member of the Olympic family on Friday after the International Olympic Committee approved its inclusion, despite ongoing fighting in the African country.
The country is now free to compete at next year's Rio de Janeiro summer Olympics under its own flag and plans to send a team of four.
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