History UsefulNotes / SouthSudan

** President
Salva Kiir Mayardit

[[AC: The South Sudanese flag]]
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/south_sudan_flag_8394.png
->The flag is almost identical to that of UsefulNotes/{{Kenya}} but with the triangle found in that of Sudan. The black, red and green stripes symbolize the Africans, the blood of the fallen throughout South Sudan's long history of conflict, and the country's natural bounty, respectively; the white fimbriations stand for peace. At the hoist (left) side is a triangle, colored blue to symbolize the Nile River, and within it is the yellow star of unity.

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If you think independence is a happy ending for them, you'd be wrong. On December 13, 2013, just two years after the country seceded, the country is embroiled in yet another civil war, this time between the forces allied to President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar. The war is still ongoing, seemingly with no end in sight, has killed nearly 400,000 people, displaced more than 2 million, and caused one of the worst refugee crises in the world (over 1.5 million people have fled the country, mostly to neighboring Uganda). The war has basically overshadowed the country's historical enmity with Sudan, who has been normalizing relations with its former colony at a swift rate (contrary to what you might think, despite all said and done, Sudan is more than willing to recognize South Sudan's independence and both countries have embassies on each other's capitals).

[[quoteright:328:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/South_Sudan_map_2_3611.gif]]

South Sudan is an East African country and the newest country in UsefulNotes/{{Africa}}--as well as the entire world--as of 2011. As one might expect, it broke off from the country of UsefulNotes/{{Sudan}}, following a long civil war and a vote in which over 95% of the people voted to split off. The reasons for the civil war and split are ethnic, religious, and economic; Sudan is mostly Arab and Muslim, while South Sudan is mostly non-Arab and Christian.[[note]]While some reports call the South Sudanese "black" or "African", these terms are highly misleading: most Sudanese Arabs are in fact "black" in that they have very dark skin and distinctly African features (you couldn't tell a Sudanese Arab from, say, a Chadian just by looking at him). Much like "Latin American/Hispanic/Latino", "Arab" is a cultural-linguistic identity rather than a racial one; there are Arabs who are so "white" you'd think they were Russian or German if they didn't tell you otherwise, and there are black Arabs in Sudan, Egypt, and elsewhere, and there are Arabs of every shade in between. And of course Sudan is still in Africa and a member of the African Union.[[/note]] Furthermore, most of the oil in Sudan was located in the South, without which the government of Sudan would have a very hard time operating. Currently, there is an agreement to share the oil revenues between South Sudan (which is where the oil itself is located) and with Sudan (which has the pipelines which transport the petroleum to a port in their territory.)

Currently, South Sudan is underdeveloped, with very little infrastructure, a massive health crisis (extreme rates of infant mortality and diseases that have long since disappeared in western and even most African countries), and continuing instability in the border with Sudan to the north. The consequences of decades of neglect, violence and exploitation from the north have also led to a lack of schools. To top that off, the country is landlocked and dependent on Sudanese infrastructure to export oil, but this may change. There have been plans to build a second pipeline to transport South Sudan's petroleum through predominately Christian East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, etc) to a port on the [[UsefulNotes/TheSevenSeas Indian Ocean]], instead of the Sudanese ports on the Red Sea. Since South Sudan is landlocked, it needs help from other countries to export its petroleum.

Statistics are hard to come by, but it was believed that until a couple of decades ago, the region that would become South Sudan overwhelmingly followed indigenous African religions, but at present it is largely Christian. In any event, the independence of South Sudan means the Sudanese government has lost about a third of its country, and most of the oil revenue. For the wider Arab Islamic world, it means an area the size of France is no longer Arab or Muslim territory. Considering the ongoing rebellion in Darfur (a Muslim but not Arab region in the western part of the country, not South Sudan), the prospects for the government in Khartoum are not looking very good.

The South Sudanese speak many African languages (mostly from the Nilo-Saharan family, but with a few Niger-Congo languages mixed in), but historically used English and Arabic for business. With the secession from Sudan in the north, the government has plans to change the official language used to English only, and there are plans to move the capital from Juba to another city, but as of this writing, nothing is final.

* Film/MachineGunPreacher. A biographic movie about a retired motor gang member turned into constructor in this region before its eventual separation. This film also depict John Garrang, the [[FourStarBadass military commander]] of South Sudan

* Film/MachineGunPreacher. A biographic movie about a retired motor gang member turned into constructor in this region before it eventual separation. This film also depict John Garrang, the [[FourStarBadass military commander]] of South Sudan

Currently, South Sudan is underdeveloped, with very little infrastructure, a massive health crisis (extreme rates of infant mortality and diseases that have long since disappeared in western and even most African countries), and continuing instability in the border with Sudan to the north. The consequences of decades of neglect, violence and exploitation from the north have also led to a lack of schools. To top that off, the country is landlocked and dependent on Sudanese infrastructure to export oil, but this may change. There have been plans to build a second pipeline to transport South Sudan's petroleum through predominately Christian East Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, etc) to a port on the Indian Ocean, instead of the Sudanese ports on the Red Sea. Since South Sudan is landlocked, it needs help from other countries to export its petroleum.

South Sudan is an East African country and the newest country in Africa- as well as the entire world- as of 2011. As one might expect, it broke off from the country of UsefulNotes/{{Sudan}}, following a long civil war and a vote in which over 95% of the people voted to split off. The reasons for the civil war and split are ethnic, religious, and economic; Sudan is mostly Arab and Muslim, while South Sudan is mostly non-Arab and Christian.[[note]]While some reports call the South Sudanese "black" or "African", these terms are highly misleading: most Sudanese Arabs are in fact "black" in that they have very dark skin and distinctly African features (you couldn't tell a Sudanese Arab from, say, a Chadian just by looking at him). Much like "Latin American/Hispanic/Latino", "Arab" is a cultural-linguistic identity rather than a racial one; there are Arabs who are so "white" you'd think they were Russian or German if they didn't tell you otherwise, and there are black Arabs in Sudan, Egypt, and elsewhere, and there are Arabs of every shade in between. And of course Sudan is still in Africa and a member of the African Union.[[/note]] Furthermore, most of the oil in Sudan was located in the South, without which the government of Sudan would have a very hard time operating. Currently, there is an agreement to share the oil revenues between South Sudan (which is where the oil itself is located) and with Sudan (which has the pipelines which transport the petroleum to a port in their territory.)

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South Sudan is the newest country in Africa- as well as the entire world- as of 2011. As one might expect, it broke off from the country of UsefulNotes/{{Sudan}}, following a long civil war and a vote in which over 95% of the people voted to split off. The reasons for the civil war and split are ethnic, religious, and economic; Sudan is mostly Arab and Muslim, while South Sudan is mostly non-Arab and Christian.[[note]]While some reports call the South Sudanese "black" or "African", these terms are highly misleading: most Sudanese Arabs are in fact "black" in that they have very dark skin and distinctly African features (you couldn't tell a Sudanese Arab from, say, a Chadian just by looking at him). Much like "Latin American/Hispanic/Latino", "Arab" is a cultural-linguistic identity rather than a racial one; there are Arabs who are so "white" you'd think they were Russian or German if they didn't tell you otherwise, and there are black Arabs in Sudan, Egypt, and elsewhere, and there are Arabs of every shade in between. And of course Sudan is still in Africa and a member of the African Union.[[/note]] Furthermore, most of the oil in Sudan was located in the South, without which the government of Sudan would have a very hard time operating. Currently, there is an agreement to share the oil revenues between South Sudan (which is where the oil itself is located) and with Sudan (which has the pipelines which transport the petroleum to a port in their territory.)

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/South_Sudan_map_2_3611.gif

Statistics are hard to come by, but it was believed that until a couple of decades ago, the region that would become South Sudan overwhelmingly followed indigenous African religions, but at present it is largely Christian. In any event, the liberation of South Sudan means the Sudanese government has lost about a third of its country, and most of the oil revenue. For the wider Arab Islamic world, it means an area the size of France is no longer Arab or Muslim territory. Considering the ongoing rebellion in Darfur (a Muslim but not Arab region in the western part of the country, not South Sudan), the prospects for the government in Khartoum are not looking very good.

South Sudan is the newest country in Africa- as well as the entire world- as of 2011. As one might expect, it broke off from the country of UsefulNotes/{{Sudan}}, following a long civil war and a vote in which over 95% of the people voted to split off. The reasons for the civil war and split are ethnic, religious, and economic; Sudan is mostly Arab and Muslim, while South Sudan is mostly non-Arab and Christian.[[hottip:*:While some reports call the South Sudanese "black" or "African", these terms are highly misleading: most Sudanese Arabs are in fact "black" in that they have very dark skin and distinctly African features (you couldn't tell a Sudanese Arab from, say, a Chadian just by looking at him). Much like "Latin American/Hispanic/Latino", "Arab" is a cultural-linguistic identity rather than a racial one; there are Arabs who are so "white" you'd think they were Russian or German if they didn't tell you otherwise, and there are black Arabs in Sudan, Egypt, and elsewhere, and there are Arabs of every shade in between. And of course Sudan is still in Africa and a member of the African Union.]] Furthermore, most of the oil in Sudan was located in the South, without which the government of Sudan would have a very hard time operating. Currently, there is an agreement to share the oil revenues between South Sudan (which is where the oil itself is located) and with Sudan (which has the pipelines which transport the petroleum to a port in their territory.)

->The flag is almost identical to that of UsefulNotes/{{Kenya}} but with the triangle found in that of Sudan. The black, red and green stripes symbolize the Africans, the blood of the fallen throughout South Sudan's long history of conflict, and the country's natural bounty, respectively; the white fimbriations stand for peace. At the hoist (left) side is a triangle, colored blue to symbolize the Nile River, and within it is the yellow of unity.

->The flag is almost identical to that of UsefulNotes/{{Kenya}} but with the triangle found in that of Sudan. The black, upper stripe symbolizes the Africans; the red middle stripe symbolizes the blood of the fallen throughout South Sudan's long history of conflict; the green lower stripe symbolizes natural bounty; the white fimbriations symbolize peace; the blue triangle symbolizes the Nile River; and the yellow star symbolizes the unity of the country.

http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/South_Sudan_3368.png

Statistics are hard to come by, but it was believed that until a couple of decades ago, the region that would become South Sudan overwhelmingly followed indigenous African religions, and that its conversion to Christianity went hand-in-hand with its liberation, much as East Timor's conversion to Catholic Christianity played a role in that country gaining independence from a much larger Islamic power, Indonesia. In any event, the liberation of South Sudan means the Sudanese government has lost about a third of its country, and most of the oil revenue. For the wider Arab Islamic world, it means an area the size of France is no longer Arab or Muslim territory. Considering the ongoing rebellion in Darfur (a Muslim but not Arab region in the western part of the country, not South Sudan), the prospects for the government in Khartoum are not looking very good.

South Sudan is the newest country in Africa- as well as the entire world- as of 2011. As one might expect, it broke off from the country of UsefulNotes/{{Sudan}}, following a long civil war and a vote in which over 95% of the people voted to split off. The reasons for the civil war and split are ethnic, religious, and economic; Sudan is mostly Arab and Muslim, while South Sudan is mostly non-Arab and Christian.[[hottip:*:While some reports call the South Sudanese "black" or "African", these terms are highly misleading: most Sudanese Arabs are in fact "black" in that they have very dark skin and distinctly African features (you couldn't tell a Sudanese Arab from, say, a Chadian just by looking at him); much like "Latin American/Hispanic/Latino", "Arab" is a cultural-linguistic identity rather than a racial one. And of course Sudan is still in Africa and a member of the African Union.]] Furthermore, most of the oil in Sudan was located in the South, without which the government of Sudan would have a very hard time operating. Currently, there is an agreement to share the oil revenues between South Sudan (which is where the oil itself is located) and with Sudan (which has the pipelines which transport the petroleum to a port in their territory.)

Currently, South Sudan is underdeveloped, with very little infrastructure, a massive health crisis (extreme rates of infant mortality and diseases that have long since disappeared in western and even most African countries), and continuing instability in the border with Sudan to the north. The consequences of decades of neglect, violence and exploitation from the north have also led to a lack of schools. To top that off, the country is landlocked and dependent on Sudanese infrastructure to export oil, but this may change. There have been plans to build a second pipeline to transport South Sudan's petroleum through black, predominately Christian Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, etc) to a port on the Indian ocean, instead of the Sudanese ports on the Red Sea. Since South Sudan is landlocked, it needs help from other countries to export its petroleum.

Statistics are hard to come by, but it was believed that until a couple of decades ago, the region that would become South Sudan overwhelmingly followed indigenous African religions, and that its conversion to Christianity went hand-in-hand with its liberation, much as East Timor's conversion to Catholic Christianity played a role in that country gaining independence from a much larger Islamic power, Indonesia. In any event, the liberation of South Sudan means the Sudanese government has lost about a third of its country, and most of the oil revenue. For the wider Arab Islamic world, it means an area the size of France is no longer Arab or Muslim territory. Considering the ongoing rebellion in Darfur (a black Muslim part of Sudan, not South Sudan), the prospects for the government in Khartoum are not looking very good.

The South Sudanese speak many African languages, but historically used English and Arabic for business. With the secession from Sudan in the north, the government has plans to change the official language used to English only, and there are plans to move the capital from Juba to another city, but as of this writing, nothing is final.

South Sudan is the newest country in Africa- as well as the entire world- as of 2011. As one might expect, it broke off from the country of UsefulNotes/{{Sudan}}, following a long civil war and a vote in which over 95% of the people voted to split off. The reasons for the civil war and split are ethnic, religious, and economic; Sudan is mostly Arab and Muslim, while South Sudan is mostly non-Arab and Christian.[[hottip:*:While some reports call the South Sudanese "black" or "African", these terms are highly misleading: most Sudanese Arabs are in fact "black" in that they have very dark skin and distinctly African features (you couldn't tell a Sudanese person from, say, a Chadian just by looking at him), and of course Sudan is still in Africa.]] Furthermore, most of the oil in Sudan was located in the South, without which the government of Sudan would have a very hard time operating. Currently, there is an agreement to share the oil revenues between South Sudan (which is where the oil itself is located) and with Sudan (which has the pipelines which transport the petroleum to a port in their territory.)

South Sudan is the newest country in Africa- as well as the entire world- as of 2011. As one might expect, it broke off from the country of UsefulNotes/{{Sudan}}, following a long civil war and a vote in which over 95% of the people voted to split off. The reasons for the civil war and split are ethnic, religious, and economic; Sudan is mostly Arab and Muslim, while South Sudan is mostly black and Christian. Furthermore, most of the oil in Sudan was located in the South, without which the government of Sudan would have a very hard time operating. Currently, there is an agreement to share the oil revenues between South Sudan (which is where the oil itself is located) and with Sudan (which has the pipelines which transport the petroleum to a port in their territory.)

Currently, South Sudan is underdeveloped, with very little infrastructure, a massive health crisis (extreme rates of infant mortality and diseases that have long since died in Western Countries), and continuing instability in the border with Sudan to the north. The consequences of decades of neglect, violence and exploitation from the north have also led to a lack of schools. To top that off, the country is landlocked and dependent on Sudanese infrastructure to export oil, but this may change. There have been plans to build a second pipeline to transport South Sudan's petroleum through black, predominately Christian Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, etc) to a port on the Indian ocean, instead of the Sudanese ports on the Red Sea. Since South Sudan is landlocked, it needs help from other countries to export its petroleum.

South Sudan is the newest country in Africa as of 2011. As one might expect, it broke off from the country of UsefulNotes/{{Sudan}}, following a long civil war and a vote in which over 95% of the people voted to split off. The reasons for the civil war and split are ethnic, religious, and economic; Sudan is mostly Arab and Muslim, while South Sudan is mostly black and Christian. Furthermore, most of the oil in Sudan was located in the South, without which the government of Sudan would have a very hard time operating. Currently, there is an agreement to share the oil revenues between South Sudan (which is where the oil itself is located) and with Sudan (which has the pipelines which transport the petroleum to a port in their territory.)

Statistics are hard to come by, but it was believed that until a couple of decades ago, the region that would become South Sudan overwhelmingly followed indigenous African religions, and that its conversion to Christianity went hand-in-hand with its liberation, much as East Timor's conversion to Catholic Christianity played a role in that country gaining independence from a much larger Islamic power, Indonesia. In any event, the liberation of South Sudan means the Sudanese government has lost about a third of its country, and most of the oil revenue. Considering the ongoing rebellion in Darfur (a black Muslim part of Sudan, not South Sudan), the prospects for the government in Khartoum are not looking very good.

South Sudan is the newest country in Africa as of 2011. As one might expect, it broke off from the country of Sudan, following a long civil war and a vote in which over 95% of the people voted to split off. The reasons for the civil war and split are ethnic, religious, and economic; Sudan is mostly Arab and Muslim, while South Sudan is mostly black and Christian. Furthermore, most of the oil in Sudan was located in the South, without which the government of Sudan would have a very hard time operating. Currently, there is an agreement to share the oil revenues between South Sudan (which is where the oil itself is located) and with Sudan (which has the pipelines which transport the petroleum to a port in their territory.)

Currently, South Sudan is underdeveloped and primitive, with very little infrastructure, a massive health crisis (extreme rates of infant mortality and diseases that have long since died in Western Countries), and continuing instability in the border with Sudan to the north. The consequences of decades of neglect, violence and exploitation from the north have also led to a lack of schools. To top that off, the country is landlocked and dependent on Sudanese infrastructure to export oil, but this may change. There have been plans to build a second pipeline to transport South Sudan's petroleum through black, predominately Christian Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, etc) to a port on the Indian ocean, instead of the Sudanese ports on the Red Sea. Since South Sudan is landlocked, it needs help from other countries to export its petroleum.

Statistics are hard to come by, but it was believed that until a couple of decades ago, the region that would become South Sudan overwhelmingly followed indigenous African religions, and that its conversion to Christianity went hand-in-hand with its liberation, much as East Timor's conversion to Catholic Christianity played a role in that country gaining independence from a much larger Islamic power, Indonesia. In any event, the liberation of South Sudan has ensured that the Islamic world has shrunk by about the size of France and that a horrible Muslim dictator in Sudan has lost about a third of his country, and most of the oil revenue. Considering the ongoing rebellion in Darfur (a black Muslim part of Sudan, not South Sudan), the prospects for the government in Khartoum are not looking very good.

South Sudan speaks many African languages, but historically used English and Arabic for business. With the secession from Sudan in the north, the government has plans to change the official language used to English only, and there are plans to move the capital from Juba to another city, but as of this writing, nothing is final.

South Sudan is the newest country in Africa as of 2011. As one might expect, it broke off from the country of Sudan, following a long civil war and a vote in which over 95% of the people voted to split off. The reasons for the civil war and split are ethnic ,religious, and economic; Sudan is mostly Arab and Muslim, while South Sudan is mostly black and Christian. Furthermore, most of the oil in Sudan was located in the South, without which the government of Sudan would have a very hard time operating. Currently, there is an agreement to share the oil revenues between South Sudan (which is where the oil itself is located) and with Sudan (which has the pipelines which transport the petroleum to a port in their territory.)

South Sudan speaks many African languages, but historically used English and Arabic for business. With the secession from Sudan in the north, the government has plans to change the official language used to English only, and there are plans to move the capital from Juba to another city, but as of this writing, nothing is final.