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South
Sudan becomes world's newest country
Saturday July 09, 2011 08:26:22 AM,
IANS
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Juba: South Sudan
became the world's newest country and Africa's 53rd state here
early Saturday.
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
were among the international dignitaries attending the
celebrations in the capital, Juba, BBC reported.
The birth of the world's newest nation followed a process made
possible by the 2005 peace deal that ended a long and bloody civil
war.
A referendum, under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, was held on
independence, which was favoured by more than 99 percent of
voters.
The new country is rich in oil, but one of the least developed
countries in the world, where one-in-seven children dies before
the age of five.
The south's independence followed decades of conflict with the
north, in which some 1.5 million people died.
Earlier, Sudan became the first state to officially recognise its
new neighbour South Sudan.
Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, officially recognised the
independence of South Sudan a day before it was to officially
become Africa's 53rd state after a five-month transition period.
"The Republic of Sudan announces that it recognises the Republic
of South Sudan as an independent state within the borders defined
on January 1, 1956," said Minister of Presidential Affairs Bakri
Hassan Saleh on national TV Friday.
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