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South Sudan South Sudan
- South Sudan’s national flag. Also the flag of the SPLM/SPLA.
Official name: Republic of South Sudan (RSS)
Capital: Juba (Proposed new capital Ramciel)
Founded: 9 July 2011
Official language: English
Dialing code: +211
Domain Name: .ss
Time Zone: East Africa Time (UTC+3)
Currency: South Sudanese pound (SSP)
Adult Literacy: 27 percent (2009)
Geography
Area: 619,745 km2
Region:
South Sudan is a landlocked country in east-central Africa.
However, South Sudan is classified as part of the North Africa subregion by the United Nations (UN).
Bordering Countries
Population:
- 2011 | 10,314,021 Source: World Bank estimate
- 2008 | 8,260,490 Source: Disputed Census
Government
Presidency:
National Legislative Assembly
Ruling Party: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM)
Military: Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA)
History
The Republic of South Sudan became independent from Sudan on 9 July 2011 after a referendum in January that year, which was secured as part of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
- 9 July 2011 | Republic of South Sudan
- 9 July 2005 | Semi-autonomous Government of South Sudan (GoSS)
- 9 Jan. 2005 | Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)
- 1 Jan. 1956 | Independence from the Anglo-Egyptian condominium as part of Sudan
South Sudan’s Regions and States
Greater Equatoria
Greater Upper Nile
Greater Bahr el Ghazal
Disputed Areas
South Sudan Links
- Friday 17 May 2013
May 16, 2013 (JUBA) – Attendees at a high-level conference in South Sudan have issued a statement, asserting the new nation’s independence from Sudan “remains incomplete” until Abyei is transferred back to the South from which it was moved (...)
- Tuesday 14 May 2013
May 13, 2013 (BENTIU) - Authorities from Unity state say that five men, including their leader Gatluak Kuekuek, clashed with police and soldiers on Sunday as they returned from a cattle aid on Rumbek North (Maper) county in (...)
- Tuesday 25 September 2012
September 23, 2012 (KAMPALA/BOR) – Isaiah Ayuen Deng Kuai was a primary four pupil at Malek Elementary school in 1955, a year before Sudan gained independence from British colonial masters, when he was asked to deliver a letter written (...)
- Thursday 6 December 2012
By Biel Boutros Biel
“We are sound minded people and we cannot be bullied to follow a failed system run by officials who are unable to deliver services. Our people did not rally behind our freedom fighters during the years of (...)
- Friday 4 January 2013
January 3, 2013 (WAU) - South Sudan on Thursday denied reports that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Juba secretly summoned Sudanese Ambassador Mutrif Sideeg over recent border clashes. Mutrif Sadiq (...)
- Friday 17 May 2013
By Jacob K. Lupai
May 16, 2013 - In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high standard of living. After all when oil was (...)
- Tuesday 11 December 2012
December 10, 2012 (JUBA) - South Sudan Human Rights Advocacy Association (SSHURA) on Monday called for the “immediate resignation” of security ministers, charging both the interior and a national security ministers in the office of the (...)
- Tuesday 29 August 2006
By Mr. Deng-Athoi Galuak Deng-Athoi*
Open Letter to;
His Excellency President of South, Sudan Salva K. Mayar-dit
Cc: Honorable Governor of Jonglei State Philip Thon Leek
Cc: Honorable Governor of Upper Nile State Dak Duop
Ref: (...)
- Monday 13 May 2013
May 12, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s National Assembly speaker Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Tahir has issued a warning to the rebel Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) saying that its leaders will face death at the hands of the army so long as they are (...)
- Wednesday 15 May 2013
May 14,2013 (JUBA)- The United Nations Interim Force for Abyei (UNISFA) has relocated over 120 Sudanese national staff working in various mission support departments to Kadugli, the capital South Kordofan state, well-placed sources (...)
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