South Sudan became the world’s newest nation early today, officially breaking away from Sudan after two civil wars over five decades that cost the lives of at least two million people.Residents of the new nation – the Republic of South Sudan – danced in the streets, banged on jerry cans and chanted the name of the world’s newest president, Salva Kiir.
South Sudan earned independence at 12.01am this morning, the culmination of a January independence vote guaranteed in a 2005 peace deal that ended the most recent north-south war.
