Video: How To Build A Nation From Scratch

By ANNE POIRET and FLORENCE MARTIN-KESSLER, New York Times
Tue, 02/05/2013 - 8:04am

Two filmmakers present a 12-step program for establishing the world’s newest country: South Sudan.

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