South Sudan, still in infancy, already a global problem child
The Miami Herald Sunday 17th June, 2012
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Along a road littered with bodies, South Sudan marched north in mid-April to capture a Sudanese oil field that both countries claim. By the time South Sudan withdrew from Heglig 10 days later, it had damaged more than just the looted oil installations; also badly frayed was the country's claim to the moral high ground in its decades-long conflict with Sudan, a war that's long been portrayed in terms of Sudanese atrocities and w...
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