South Sudan 'Tragedy' Cannot be Resolved on Battlefield: US Ambassador

The U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan, Susan Page, has called on the country’s warring sides to end three months of bloodshed and resolve, through talks, what she called “a real tragedy.” "This is not a conflict that should or can be won through the use of force and weapons," Page told VOA in an interview conducted Thursday at the State Department in Washington. Unrest in South Sudan has left thousands dead, destroyed livelihoods, wiped towns off the map and eradicated "the...

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