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The future of South Sudan lies with the Arabs
[ARABNEWS] When it emerged last week that the Arab League...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... had refused a membership request by South Sudan ‐ followed by a denial of such an application by a South Sudanese official, who said it had only asked to become an "observer" ‐ I recalled an interview I carried out before secession with Salva Kiir Mayardit, who is now the country’s prime minister. His mastery of Arabic was not any less than any other Sudanese person. It was a long interview, in which he said that he welcomed any Arab or Moslem in South Sudan, but he spoke as well about the sense of injustice and neglect felt among Southerners toward the people of the North. When I moved on to record a TV interview, Kiir asked to do it in English. I asked him to speak in Arabic, which he speaks fluently, because the interview would be broadcast on Egyptian TV to an Arabic-speaking audience, but he insisted on English. Posted by: Fred 2018-03-17 |
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