the capital, juba, toa the independence.south sudan. i do not think people quite grasp the enormity of theissues people quite grasp the enormity of the issues facing both us, the government, the opposition, everybody. that is the challenge that you continue to face and we thank you for being on hardtalk. thank you. good morning. it feels as though it has been a week of extremes — extreme heat, thunderstorms, even some rain. now, as we move towards the weekend, things aren't quite as extreme but nevertheless it will be a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. but certainly it will feel noticeably fresher out there. good news if it has been too hot and humid. the reason being, this bass clef swirld of cloud that arrived during thursday — it's a weatherfront and once it moves through it is going to introduce slightly fresher air from the west. it brought a change on thursday. in the north—west only 15 degrees. in the south—east we saw highs of 26. it stays pretty humid into the south—east corner. but that weather front wil

this was in juba. sometimes when you capture people like that, you feel... you want them to feel the pain. so you don't want to shoot them easily. you called what they wear traditionally, the jalabiya, a reference to the northern sudanese. it is not the dress. jalaba is the name of the arab. to explain to us, why do you not see them as human beings when you are on the battlefield, fighting? you see them as being just the enemy, the oppressor. because of experience. one time i saw my mother beaten in front of me and got humiliated and then my uncle tried to stop and then he was beaten as well. that time as a kid, ijumped to bite one of the soldier's foot. and then, he pressed my neck and then i blacked out. and so then, remembering that and seeing my mum humiliated in front of me and our food got taken by force and one of the soldiers saying, it is god's will. that these people are going to be slaves and they have started a rebel movement, they will never win. these were seeds that were planted in my head. that these were terrible people. i did not have a wor

this year, 2017, also marking the sapphire juba monarch.ritish monarchy am the milestone of 65 years. at her majesty's side once again this year the duke of edinburgh who celebrated his 96th birthday last saturday. the royal household announced last month that the duke would not be undertaking many public engagements from the autumn, stepping back from a lot of those commitments he has had over the years. but here today in his capacity of colonel of the grenadier guards but for the first time at the parade not in his colonel's uniform. followed in the procession by the royal colonels, the princess royal on the left, the colonel of the blues and royals, held that position since 1998, and then the duke of cambridge in his seventh year riding as colonel of the irish guards and the prince of wales riding as colonel of the welsh guards, a role he has taken for the past 42 years. the prince of wales succeeded his father on saint davids day, 1975, as colonel of the welsh guards. the duke of edinburgh had been colonel of the welsh guards from 1973—

hearing that from colleagues that were concerned, the large number of dinka soldiers that were in juba. during the referendum period, they tried to display a more unified front and reached out heavily to citizens to support for independence. they went enthusiastic that they would pursue nation building, reconcile differences, develop infrastructure, support growth and work together to build a nation. in the runup to the referendum, the government strongly supported media and education groups. following independence, those hopes were never realized. what did happen was a continuation of what was happening before independence. this struggle for power continued. khartoum was once again the -- to blame for any ills and lack of infrastructure, and the leadership in south sudan continued to use violence to achieve its goals, indifferent to the suffering of the citizens it was meant to serve. incidentally, the media and civil society groups that were previously supported became enemies of the state as they began to report on corruption and advocated for more inclusive and transparent governme