The American Help in South Sudan Independence

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South Sudan celebrated its first anniversary as an independent nation this week.

It took decades of struggle for the nation to get independence. Among the actors who helped the south finally gain independence from Khartoum was a small group of Americans.

That’s according to journalist Rebecca Hamilton

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