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South Sudan (
i/ˌsaʊθ suːˈdæn/ or /suːˈdɑːn/), officially the Republic of South Sudan, previously known as Southern Sudan, is a landlocked country in east-central Africa. It is also part of the Eastern Africa UN subregion. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city; the capital city is planned to be moved to the more centrally located Ramciel in the future. South Sudan is bordered by Ethiopia to the east, Kenya to the southeast, Uganda to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the southwest, the Central African Republic to the west, and Sudan to the north. South Sudan includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd formed by the White Nile, locally called the Bahr al Jabal.
The modern states of South Sudan and Sudan were part of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, later being governed as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium until Sudanese independence was achieved 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 developed and ended with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005. 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 a referendum that passed with 98.83% of the vote. It is a United Nations member state, a member state of the African Union, and a member state of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development. In July 2012, South Sudan signed the Geneva Conventions.Selected panorama
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The Adar oilfield, also known as the Adar Yale, Adar Yeil or Adaril field, is an oilfield situated in the Melut Basin in South Sudan estimated to contain about 276 million barrels (43,900,000 m3) of oil.[1] The Chevron Corporation discovered the Adar Yale field in 1981, shortly before the start of the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005). Soon after Chevron had suspended operations in 1984, Sudanese government troops began attacking civilian settlements in the area, burning the houses and driving the people away, and in the late 1990s, Nuer militias from Nasir helped the army in clearing away the people to make way for the roads and infrastructure of the oilfield.
President Omar al-Bashir inaugurated the site in March 1997, and it initially produced just 5,000 barrels (790 m3) a day. Production from this oilfield, which lies close to the borders with Sudan and Ethiopia, has the potential to bring significant economic benefits to the region.[2] However, until recently the focus has been on clearing the population away from the oilfield rather than on a longer term strategy for developing the region.[2]China has provided a large investment in the Adar oilfield and others in South Sudan and Sudan and has made plans to make extensive further investments.[3]
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Guor Marial (born 15 April 1984) is a South Sudanese track and field athlete. He is a Dinka tribesman.
Marial competed in the men's marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Because South Sudan did not yet have a recognized national Olympic committee (NOC), Marial competed under the Olympic Flag at the 2012 Olympics, rather than the South Sudanese flag. He is one of four athletes competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics under the Olympic flag rather than that of an individual country.
The National Olympic Committee of Sudan offered to allow Marial to compete as a member of the Sudanese team. Marial rejected this offer, saying, "It's not right for me to do that. It's not right for me to represent the country I refuged from." He went on to say, "If I ran for Sudan, I would be betraying my people. I would be dishonoring the two million people who died for our freedom."
Did you know?
- ... that South Sudan could be the location of "the biggest migration of large mammals on Earth"?
- ... that automatic AK-47 rifles were used in 42% of killings in Ikotos County, South Sudan, in 2009?
- ... that a small single-runway airport serves Kapoeta South County in the Greater Kapoeta region of South Sudan?
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Southern Sudanese line up to vote in Juba on January 9, 2011, the first of seven days of referendum polling.
In the news
- January 26: 'Davos man' versus 'Camp Igloo'; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps
- July 10: South Sudan gains independence
- February 10: South Sudan minister Milla shot, killed
- April 26: Spokesman: At least 55 dead after violence in Darfur, Sudan
- January 10: US warns of attacks on Sudan-Uganda flights
- January 8: Tribal clashes in Sudan kill 139
- September 21: More than 100 killed in southern Sudan tribal clash
- June 29: Cargo plane crash in Sudan leaves seven dead with one survivor
- May 2: Southern Sudan's defence minister among those killed in major plane crash
- February 24: Ugandan government, rebels agree to ceasefire
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