South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan,[4] is a landlocked country in East Africa. Juba is its capital city. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the east; Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south; the Central African Republic to the west; and the Republic of Sudan to the north. South Sudan includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd formed by the White Nile, locally called the Bahr al Jebel.
The country was initially part of the British and Egyptian condominium of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and became part of the Republic of Sudan when independence was achieved in 1956. Following the first Sudanese civil war, the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region was formed in 1972 and lasted until 1983. A second Sudanese civil war soon developed and ended with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005. Later that year southern autonomy was restored when an Autonomous Government of Southern Sudan was formed. South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011 at 12:01 a.m. local time following a referendum held in January 2011 in which nearly 99% of voters opted for separation from the rest of Sudan.[5] As of July 2011, it is the world's newest independent state and is recognized by two countries.
I hope Southern Sudan can really start something better for it's people then Sudan did. This whole situation with the war between the north and south was horrific, long, and tiring so I'm glad that the people overwhelmingly decided to start their own nation through the process of referendum. I hope they can achieve more peace and prosperity as a new country! I have been following this story for a long time now and I'm glad that they have decided to make a new nation. Good luck to them
I hope they can achieve more peace and prosperity as a new country! I have been following this story for a long time now and I'm glad that they have decided to make a new nation. Good luck to them 
