South Sudan's independence

 

Cutoff point. [By Jiao Haiyang/China.org.cn]

Republic of South Sudan declared its independence on July 9 and became the 193rd member state of the United Nations. Salva Kiir Mayardit took office as president of the new country. The independence of South Sudan from Sudan came as a result of the January referendum held under the terms of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the decades-long civil war between the North and the South.

 

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