Humble, self-effacing and dressed for safari, the Hollywood star and former Sexiest Man Alive is in Southern Sudan to draw attention to the region's weeklong independence referendum
Juba, Sudan: How do you get a long-suffering but little-known slice of Africa on the White House agenda and onto American TV screens? George Clooney knows how.
Humble, self-effacing and dressed for safari, the Hollywood star and former Sexiest Man Alive is in Southern Sudan to draw attention to the region's weeklong independence referendum.
The vote, which begins Sunday, is likely to create the world's newest country. Clooney is working to help the region avoid a backslide toward war.
In picking a cause and roughing it in a developing country, Clooney is hardly alone. Celebrities are shining their star power on the war-weary more than ever.
Clooney tells The Associated Press: "Our job is trying to keep this on the front burner of the news."
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