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Ed Markey: “But the main threat in the savanna area is all the links with the Janjaweeds, with South Sudan and the Lord's Resistance…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2015
But the main threat in the savanna area is all the links with the Janjaweeds, with South Sudan and the Lord's Resistance Army.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses the governance issues affecting elephant populations in Central Africa.

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