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Klaus Thormahlen, president of Thormahlen Schweibtechnik AG, attends a Sunday church service in Kapoeta in southern Sudan. Mr. Thormahlen was leading a delegation of businessmen trying to put together a deal to build a 7 billion euro railroad project linking Gulu, Uganda to Juba, Sudan to Mombasa, Kenya. Southern Sudan is still trying to recover from 22 years of civil war. This church is one of the only permanent structures still standing in Kapoeta and is covered with bullet wholes. October 3, 2004. ©Vanessa Vick

Klaus Thormahlen, president of Thormahlen Schweibtechnik AG, attends a Sunday church service in Kapoeta in southern Sudan. Mr. Thormahlen was leading a delegation of businessmen trying to put together a deal to build a 7 billion euro railroad project linking Gulu, Uganda to Juba, Sudan to Mombasa, Kenya. Southern Sudan is still trying to recover from 22 years of civil war. This church is one of the only permanent structures still standing in Kapoeta and is covered with bullet wholes. October 3, 2004. ©Vanessa Vick