David Shearer
HARDtalk · Season 2017 · Episode 68
Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the United Nations mission in South Sudan, David Shearer.South Sudan's lethal cocktail of civil war, ethnic division, failed governance, widespread hunger and disease threatens millions of lives. It represents a tragic failure on the part of the rulers of Africa's newest country, and on the part of the United Nations mission there which has brought neither peace nor protection. What hope is there for the people of South Sudan?
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Season
2017
Episode
68
Air Date
01/Jun/2017
Air Time
02:30
Runtime
30 min
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Stephen Sackur speaks to the head of the United Nations mission in South Sudan, David Shearer.South Sudan's lethal cocktail of civil war, ethnic division, failed governance, widespread hunger and disease threatens millions of lives. It represents a tragic failure on the part of the rulers of Africa's newest country, and on the part of the United Nations mission there which has brought neither peace nor protection. What hope is there for the people of South Sudan?
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