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Emmanuel Jal - musician and former child soldier

Zeinab Badawi speaks to South Sudanese singer and political activist Emmanuel Jal. What lies behind the new wave of conflict in South Sudan and how can it be stopped?

HARDtalk celebrates its 20th anniversary with a repeat of one of its classic interviews. In front of an audience in London in 2014, Zeinab Badawi spoke to the acclaimed South Sudanese singer and political activist Emmanuel Jal. He was captured and forced to fight as a child soldier during the Sudanese civil war. His country South Sudan, the world's newest nation, may now be independent but it has descended into vicious ethnic fighting. What lies behind this new wave of conflict and how can it be stopped?

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Thu 8 Jun 201703:30GMT
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Credits

InterviewerZeinab Badawi
Interviewed GuestEmmanuel Jal

Broadcasts

  • Mon 7 Apr 201403:30GMT
    BBC News UK & UK HD only
  • Mon 7 Apr 201423:30GMT
    BBC News UK HD & UK only
  • Wed 7 Jun 201701:30GMT
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  • Wed 7 Jun 201703:30GMT
    BBC News UK HD & UK only
  • Wed 7 Jun 201723:30GMT
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  • Thu 8 Jun 201701:30GMT
    BBC News UK & UK HD only
  • Thu 8 Jun 201703:30GMT
    BBC News UK HD & UK only