“Civil War” and Geopolitics in South Sudan
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By P.D. Lawton
21st Century Wire
Featured image: US freelancer Christopher Allen killed while reporting in South Sudan (Source: Twitter)
Last week, Christopher Allen, a young American journalist was killed on the 27 August by South Sudanese government forces near the Ugandan border of South Sudan.
Allen’s death is tragic and unfortunate and so are the deaths of the two government soldiers and 16 rebels that were also killed in the firefight. All of these deaths are unnecessary and tragic for all the families concerned who will be mourning the loss of fathers, ...