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Barnaba Marial Benjamin

South Sudan is in danger of tearing itself apart following clashes between government forces and rebels. Can peace talks salvage unity from the wreckage of a brutal power struggle?

Two years after its birth as a nation, South Sudan is in danger of tearing itself apart. Weeks of bloody clashes between government forces loyal to the President and rebels backing the former Vice-President have left ten thousand dead and three quarters of a million people homeless. HARDtalk speaks to South Sudan's foreign minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin. Can peace talks salvage unity from the wreckage of a brutal power struggle?

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 11 Feb 2014 21:30GMT

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Role Contributor
Interviewer Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Barnaba Marial Benjamin

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