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They were an unlikely pair to lead the world’s newest nation — from different tribal groups and different regions, having taken vastly different paths to power. President Salva Kiir, a field commander with little formal education, was known for his black cowboy hat. His vice president, Riek Machar, had earned a doctorate in Britain and preferred Western suits.
The men are at the centre of what could be the unraveling of this fragile African country into full-blown civil war, two-and-a-half years after it became an independent nation backed by the United States and its allies.
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