South Sudan
 Republic of South Sudan  (Nation state)   | |
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| Location | Africa |
| Type | nation state |
| Member of | UN |
| Country partitioned out of Sudan in extensive covert operation | |
South Sudan, officially known as the Republic of South Sudan,[1] is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa.[2][3] It gained independence from the Republic of the Sudan in 2011, making it the most recent sovereign state with widespread recognition. Its capital and largest city is Juba.
Geopolitics
South Sudan is bordered by Sudan to the north, Ethiopia to the east, Kenya to the southeast, Uganda to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the southwest and the Central African Republic to the west. It includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd, formed by the White Nile and known locally as the Bahr al Jabal, meaning "Mountain Sea". Sudan was occupied by Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty and was governed as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium until Sudanese independence 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 broke out, ending in 2005 with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. 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, following 98.83% support for independence in a January 2011 referendum.[4][5]
South Sudan has suffered ethnic violence and endured a civil war since 2013.
Demography
South Sudan has a population of 12 million, mostly of the Nilotic peoples, and it is demographically among the youngest nations in the world, with roughly half under 18 years old.[6] The majority of inhabitants adhere to Christianity or various traditional faiths. The country is a member of the United Nations,[7][8] the African Union,[9] the East African Community[10] the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.[11] and is a party to the Geneva Conventions.[12] As of 2018, South Sudan ranks third lowest in the latest UN World Happiness Report,[13] second lowest on the Global Peace Index, and has the third highest score on the American Fund for Peace's Fragile States Index.[14]
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:A Brief History of the CIA’s Dirty War in South Sudan | Article | 31 July 2019 | Ryan Dawson | The CIA are now almost completely out of the picture in South Sudan though one should never underestimate the Agency’s capacity for evil. It's in the US national interest to deny China access to African oil so it will always continue to be US vs China in South Sudan, as part of Pax Americana’s designs for Africa as a whole. |
| Document:The Destabilization of Africa | article | 1 January 2014 | Carla Stea | Global power block machinations over the mineral wealth of Africa |
References
- ↑ "South Sudan"
- ↑ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency"
- ↑ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sJugNxYVA8
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/Laseranthem#p/a/u/0/v5m4JUyBW38
- ↑ https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/09/1018671
- ↑ http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/07/14/uk-sudan-un-membership-idUKTRE76D3I120110714
- ↑ https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39034&Cr=South+Sudan&Cr1=
- ↑ http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/South-Sudan-Becomes-African-Unions-54th-Member-126320433.html
- ↑ "South Sudan admitted into EAC", Daily Nation, 2 March 2016, reprinted at nation.co.ke, accessed 4 March 2016
- ↑ https://archive.today/20120729154359/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-25/ethiopia-agrees-to-back-somalia-army-operations-igad-says.html
- ↑ http://www.freedomhouse.org/article/freedom-house-congratulates-south-sudan-signing-geneva-conventions
- ↑ http://worldhappiness.report/ed/2018/%7Ctitle=World Happiness Report 2018
- ↑ https://fragilestatesindex.org/data/
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