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Hilde Johnson - UN Special Rep in South Sudan

Hilde Johnson - UN Special Rep in South Sudan

The Interview vor 14 Jahren

Zeinab Badawi speaks to the UN head of mission for South Sudan, Hilde Johnson.

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South Sudan became independent in July 2011 after waging a
five-decade war against the north in what was Africa's longest
running civil war.

But secession has brought neither peace, stability nor
prosperity, despite the country's vast oil wealth.

Hostilities with its northern neighbour leave the two countries
teetering on the brink of war, and ethnic clashes and rivalries
between southern tribes have left many thousands dead.

Zeinab Badawi speaks to the UN head of mission for South Sudan,
Hilde Johnson. Is the country effectively already a failed state?

(Image: Victims of ethnic violence in Jonglei, South Sudan.
Credit: Associated Press)