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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
- 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 (...)
- Monday 13 May 2013
May 12, 2013 (NAIROBI) – South Sudanese citizens intending to travel to Botswana need not apply for entry visas any more, the Southern African nation announced last week.
The move, which took effect from 10 May, was made public in a (...)
- 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 (...)
- Saturday 18 August 2012
August 14, 2012 (JUBA) - The former commissioner of Warrap state’s Twic county, Dominic Deng Kuic, was found guilty on Tuesday in Warrap civil court of embezzling public funds.
The ex-commissioner was charged with with embezzling money (...)
- 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 (...)
- Monday 13 May 2013
May 12, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan on Sunday dismissed Sudanese government claims that it provides support to rebels opposed to Khartoum regime, saying that the allegations are an attempt to cover-up the recent killing of tribal leader (...)
- Thursday 19 July 2012
By Julius N. Uma
July 18, 2012 (JUBA) - In a bid to promote international banking, KCB Bank of South Sudan has officially launched diaspora banking, an initiative targeting South Sudanese nationals currently living outside the world’s (...)
- Tuesday 14 May 2013
May 13, 2013 (BOR) - Armed men were reported to have looted civilians properties and humanitarians compounds of INTERSOS and Medicine Sans Frontiers [MSF] in Pibor over the weekend. Jonglei local government minister, Diing Akol Diing, (...)
- Tuesday 17 April 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 16, 2012 (BAHIR-DAR, ETHIOPIA) - Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, criticised African leaders who by rejecting diversity cause insecurity pointing to Sudan as a prime example of how failing to manage (...)
- Monday 13 May 2013
May 12, 2013 (JUBA) - The South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy (SSHURSA) has called for South Sudan’s deputy minister of interior to step down over the detention of two Juba Monitor newspaper journalists who were recently (...)
Latest Comments & Analysis
National unity: a project for each and every South Sudanese 2013-05-21 14:23:01 By Jacob K. Lupai May 21, 2013 - South Sudan has just attained independence from an imposed unity that had failed miserably to take into account the objective realities on the ground. In the old (...)
Unity and reconciliation necessary for sustainable peace in Darfur 2013-05-21 14:19:47 By Adeeb Yousif May 20, 2013 -The biggest challenge in the Darfur conflict today is divisions. These divisions have created misunderstanding and mistrust within Darfurian society. Moreover they (...)
The Invasion of Abyei: two years of more agony 2013-05-20 05:39:13 By Luka Biong Deng May 19, 2013 - On 21st May 2013, the people of Abyei have spent two years of more agony and they will remember again the sad memories of how their lives and livelihoods were (...)
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