‘White rebel’ label for journalist killed in South Sudan angers US

South Sudan’s Information Minister Michael Makuei.

South Sudan’s Information Minister Michael Makuei. The US embassy in Juba has condemned his recent statement describing a journalist killed in war front years ago as a ‘white rebel’. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

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The United States embassy in Juba has condemned the recent statement by South Sudan’s Information minister describing its journalist killed in war front years ago as a ‘white rebel’.