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By DANIEL WESANGULA
The world’s youngest country is at war with itself. According to the International Crisis Group, up to 10,000 people are feared dead in a month-long wave of violence in the country that was slowly emerging from decades of conflict. As at yesterday, several towns, including Bor, the capital of Jonglei, one of the most volatile states in the country continued to go up in flames. The genesis of this new wave? An ‘alleged’ coup. In an exclusive interview with The Standard on Sunday Senior Writer, DANIEL WESANGULA, Rebecca Nyandeng Garang, widow to the country’s founding father puts the record straight and blames divisive party politics by Kiir, and the president’s disregard to the country’s and the ruling party’s constitution on what is slowly becoming yet another crisis in the region. Here are the excerpts:
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