OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTHERN SUDAN AND THE BIRTH OF A NEW NATION

By: Qeko

After several decades of civil war and bloodshed, a new nation is born today in Africa called, " THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTHERN SUDAN" with its capital at Juba. Juba international Airport small though has become the busiest partof the country welcoming various world leaders including the 30 African Heads of States who will be attending the birth of Africa's new born nation.

For many decades, the southern Sudan lost close to 2.5 million people who died fighting for the liberation of their motherland from the khartum government. The main problem was that the Government of Sudan in Khartum never paid attention to develop the south. This was because the balance of political power for decades has been dominated by the north leaving the South unattended and never accessed development. This created resentment amongst the people in the south and they later took up arms to fight for the future and freedom of their children to the fourth Generation. Therefore for decades the war of liberation was faught under the SPLM leader Dr. John Garang who died and never saw the fruits of his liberation struggle. However, the blood of the freedom fighters in southern sudan was shed for a purpose so that a day like this one can come and the nation can be free.

Many correspondants from Juda have said that the new nation is rich with oil which makes Southern Sudan the third African riches oil producing nation. The main question has been now that the nation is independent, will the northern government in Khartum continue to control the flow of oil from the south to the north? Will the government in southern sudan cut off this oil network witht he north so that they take care and control the oil in their territory? many have suggested that the best thing is for the United Nation to continue protecting this new nation from the Al Bashire regime who may invade and dismantle the rich oil flowing from the south. This become an issue for the Khartum government because Oil was their main reveneu and reason for their existence as a nation and giving away southern sudan is like cutting the main lifeline of the nation. We are yet to see how the Khartum government shall survive and if at all they shall come up with a new mechanism of how to share the oil with their southern neighbour.

All the same we just want to congratulate this new nation and may God continue to bless the people of THE SOUTHERN SUDAN.