 | Collapse of a Country: A Diplomat''s Memoir of South Sudan Subjects: South Sudan -- Politics and government -- 2011–; South Sudan -- History -- 21st century; South Sudan -- Social conditions; Coghlan Nicholas 1954–; Diplomats -- Canada -- Biography; Diplomatic and consular service Canadian -- South Sudan; South Sudan --; A rare first-hand account of the violent implosion and ongoing humanitarian tragedy of the world's youngest state. Coghlan Nicholas : Nicholas Coghlan, author of The Saddest Country: On Assignment in Colombia, is the former consul general in Cape Town (South Africa) for Canada. He left this post in 2005 to sail the South Atlantic and South Pacific with his wife on their 8-metre sloop, BNicholas Coghlan, author of Far in the Waste Sudan and The Saddest Country, served in five Canadian embassies overseas before he was appointed Canada's first resident ambassador to South Sudan. He lives on his sailboat in Canada's Pacific Northwest. |
