New US friend in Africa has spotty record on democracy , Posted by Meosha Eaton

 

 

By ALAN BOSWELL - McClatchy Newspapers

JUBA, South Sudan — Barely 24 hours before South Sudan officially became the world's newest nation on July 9, Onyoti Adigo sat in his office nursing a swollen lip and bloody gums.

The opposition politician and seven of his colleagues had just been released after two hours in the hands of South Sudanese military intelligence. Adigo lost a tooth in the beatings, while others in his entourage got sent to the hospital coughing up blood.

UN News: Susan Rice (United States) on Sudan and other matters, Posted by Menelik Zeleke

Informal comments to the media by H.E. Susan Rice, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations on the situation in Sudan and other matters.