GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011 as the outcome of a 2005 agreement that ended Africa’s longest-running civil war.

Detailed explanation-2: -South Sudan gained independence on July 9, 2011. USIP monitored the developments preceding and following this dramatic event. In January 2011, southern Sudan voted for independence through a referendum.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prior to 2011, South Sudan was part of Sudan, its neighbour to the north. South Sudan’s population, predominantly African cultures who tend to adhere to Christian or animist beliefs, was long at odds with Sudan’s largely Muslim and Arab northern government. South Sudan’s capital is Juba.