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South Sudan

Republic of South Sudan, the world's newest UN member state, independent from Sudan on 9 July 2011.

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Further reading

• South Sudan Matthew LeRiche · 2012

  Account of the path to independence and the new nation's early years.

• The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars Douglas H. Johnson · 2003

  Era/regional context: the leading analysis of the north–south Sudanese wars whose resolution produced South Sudan's 2011 independence.

Sources

• South Sudan — Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q958 (South Sudan, country in East Africa)
• South Sudanese Civil War — Wikipedia; CFR Global Conflict Tracker 2026: South Sudan still exists as independent republic amid renewed civil war.