S. Sudan: US doctors try to heal ethnic fractures

S. Sudan: US doctors try to heal ethnic fractures

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — After receiving eye surgery from the American doctors, a South Sudanese man sat with other patients who belonged to tribes he once considered enemies. The men spoke about their newly restored vision – both their eyesight and how they now perceive members of other ethnic groups as potential friends, not sworn enemies. South Sudan’s government faces monumental challenges: To bring warring factions, often from rival ethnic groups, back toward peace after violence broke out across the country on Dec. 15.