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Friday, January 24, 2014
World's Newest Nation on Verge of a Civil War
South Sudan has been a nation for only a couple years now, but that's enough time to start a civil war. The current president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, recently accused a former vice president of planning a coup, igniting cultural conflicts between to two. Rebels have since been fighting government forces. The two groups are still at odds, but there is hope. Both sides met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, earlier this month.
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