US Chastises South Sudan Over Continued Violence

The U.S. National Security Advisor has harshly criticized South Sudan on the anniversary of its independence, saying President Salva Kiir and the former vice president, rebel leader Riek Machar, are directly responsible for the country's return to war. Susan Rice, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in a statement Thursday that, in contrast to the joy that accompanied South Sudan's independence in 2011, the situation in South Sudan today "breaks my...

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