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Petroleum Minister, South Sudan - Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth
Who or what can deliver South Sudan's people from despair? HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to the country's Minister of Petroleum, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth.
Who or what can deliver South Sudan's people from despair? Its first six and half years as an independent country have been an unmitigated disaster. A brutal civil conflict, a broken economy, famine and epic levels of corruption - on any and every measure the world’s newest country is failing. This comes despite some of the largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa. HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to South Sudan's Minister of Petroleum, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth.
Image: Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth (Credit: BBC)
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