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Freed South Sudan detainees meet President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks at State House in Nairobi Wednesday when he received seven freed detainees from South Sudan.  [PHOTO: PSCU]

By JAMES MBAKA

An end to the ethnic conflict in South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, was in sight Wednesday following a decision by President Salva Kiir to release seven of the 11 political detainees.

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