Opinion | Popular uprising is a premature idea for a country with illiterate majority, high affinity to ethnic alignment
By Makwei Achol Thiong Protesters in South Sudan capital Juba demanding Kiir's resignation following clashes at Gumbo Sherikat on June ...
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