South Sudan's 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. Stephen Sackur speaks to South Sudan's minister of petroleum, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth. Who or what can deliver South Sudan's people from despair?
Where: BBC NEWS CHANNEL
When: 26/02/2018 @ 00:30 and 04:30 and again on 27/02/2018 @ 00:30 (All times GMT)
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