PROFILE
FROM Daniel Howden
Fighting in South Sudan Leave Hundreds Dead Two years after breaking away from Northern Sudan, South Sudan is awash in weapons. Now, after an alleged coup attempt Sunday, between 400 and 500 are reported killed and 800 wounded. We get an update from Daniel Howden, East Africa correspondent for the Economist , and Bronwyn Bruton, Deputy Director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council.
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