Interview with Justine Fleischner: A View from War-Ravaged South Sudan

From Enough blogs Tue Sep 9 2014, 20:33:44

 

South Sudan's civil war began in December 2013 as a political power struggle, but quickly led to ethnic-targeted killings and revenge attacks. Thousands have been killed, although no one knows the exact number, and the country now faces what could become the most deadly famine in Africa since the 1990s.

The Enough Project's Justine Fleischner recently returned from a month-long trip to South Sudan and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where the regionally mediated peace process is underway. As part of Enough's new interview series, Fleischner spoke with Greg Hittelman about what she saw.

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