Democracy Now! April 24, 2012

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A shocking new PBS documentary exposes the tasing and beating death of a Mexican immigrant by US border agents in California, and renews scrutiny of what critics call a culture of impunity. And in part two of Democracy Now's interview with Tavis Smiley and Prof. Cornel West, they discuss American poverty and their own experiences of growing up in working-class households. Plus headlines, and more.

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2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict

The 2012 Sudan-South Sudan border conflict was a series of clashes between the militaries of South Sudan and the Republic of Sudan between in March 2012 over oil-rich regions between the South Sudanese state of Unity and the Sudanese province of South Kordofan. Explore this topic

Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan and sometimes called North Sudan, is an Arab state in North Africa and the Middle East bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Repu... Explore this topic

South Sudan

South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in the east-central African region of northeastern Africa. It is also part of the North Africa UN subregion. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city; the capital city is planned to... Explore this topic

Omar al-Bashir

Lieutenant General Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir is the President of Sudan and the head of the National Congress Party. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a brigadier in the Sudanese army, led a group of officers in a bloodless military coup that ousted the government of Prime... Explore this topic

Unity State

Unity, sometimes known as Western Upper Nile, is one of the 10 states of the African nation of South Sudan. Unity state is in the Greater Upper Nile region. It has an area of 35,956 square kilometres. Unity is inhabited predominantly by two ethnic groups, the Nuer and the Dinka. Explore this topic

Salva Kiir Mayardit

Salva Kiir Mayardit is a South Sudanese politician who has been President of South Sudan since its independence in 2011. Prior to independence, he was President of the Government of Southern Sudan, as well as First Vice President of Sudan, from 2005 to 2011. Explore this topic

Khartoum

Khartoum is the capital and second largest city of the Republic of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as th... Explore this topic

Territorial dispute

A territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession/control of land between two or more territorial entities or over the possession or control of land by a new state and occupying power after it has conquered the land from a former state no longer currently recognized ... Explore this topic

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is a United States daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated program of news, analysis, and opinion, aired by more than 1000 radio, television, satellite and cable TV networks in North America. The award-winning one hour War and Peace Report is host... Explore this topic

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