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South Sudan, a newly formed country, is already on the brink of disappearing. The nation became independent after a referendum in summer 2011 and has vast potential - it is large and sparsely populated, and rich in oil and no doubt minerals as well - but may have barely had the time to join the community of nations. At the end of 2013, the country fell into a bloody civil war between loyalists backing president Salva Kiir and supporters of vice president Riek Machar. Until now, the efforts of the international community have only resulted in a few ephemeral ceasefires. In this interview, Gerard Prunier, a leading French expert on East Africa, traces the roots of the crisis, analyzes the murky power struggles in the region and delivers a terrifying prediction. He says that the war will continue to produce countless civilian casualties, but the worst is yet to come: once the livestock have been killed and the crops left to rot, the people will face a terrible famine. Adapted from the source document.

Interview with Jean-Marc Borello. Borello is the founder of the SOS group. This social enterprise is a major player in the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in France. Former educator specialized, Jean-Marc Borello has developed the group he chaired, which includes 11,000 employees, 300 establishments and generated [Euro]700 million in revenue per year. With growth of 20%, the SOS Group continues to advocate the principles of the ESS, which are similar to many has certain pillars of CSR. Adapted from the source document.

Cristina Tebar Less is interviewed. The OECD is the source of the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. What are these principles and what is their significance? The Guidelines are an instrument of the OECD in terms of responsible business conduct: they are the reference base the work on these issues within the Organization and in member countries. They do not treat investment only to the extent that they exceed the one about the destination of the funds invested by investors. These recommendations are part of a more general perspective, which is to give companies recommendations and tools for them to behave responsibly. Adapted from the source document.

Cambodia will hold legislative elections in July 2013. Normally, such a ballot would be little more than a formality for the Cambodian People's Party, the grouping of irremovable Prime Minister Hun Sen, which has governed for some 30 years. The Hun Sen regime has systematically bled the country and controls its economic as well as its political processes. But the situation recently changed. The international community has put unprecedented pressure on Phnom Penh and has demanded that the opposition leader, Sam Rainsy - currently in exile and unjustly sentenced in his absence by a Cambodian court to a heavy prison sentence - be allowed to return and take part in the electoral process. In this exclusive interview, Sam Rainsy, a staunch proponent of democracy, outlines his vision for Cambodia, denounces the crimes of Hun Sen and his entourage and shares a dream about to become reality: his return home as a free man to save his country from a system which has brought it to the brink of ruin. Adapted from the source document.

What will be the consequences of the triple earthquake-tsunami-nuclear disaster unfolding in Japan? Before the tragedy, Japan had already been laboring under the burden of an economic slowdown for the past two decades, along with an ineluctable demographic decline and loss of its regional leadership to China. Could this disaster be the final straw? Claude Meyer, one of France's leading experts on Japan, refuses to bow to such pessimism. He argues that Japan has the financial means to recover and also that the country remains the undisputed global leader in advanced technology. Thirdly, the Japanese people are used to natural disasters and will find the will to recover and rebuild. The only unknown is the nuclear factor. If the leak from the Fukushima power plant has tragic consequences, who can predict the reaction of a nation still scarred by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945? Adapted from the source document.