South Sudan The World’s Newest Nation -- Washington Times
Juba, SOUTH SUDAN— South Sudan became the world’s newest nation and effectively one of the poorest on Saturday, but for at least today this grim fact did little to spoil the party in the streets of Juba.
Scores of ecstatic southerners waving flags of the new Republic of South Sudan, honked horns, danced in the streets to the steady beat of drums and chanted “oye, oye” in celebration in the south’s capital city.
“We’re very happy today,” said a beaming George, sporting a T-shirt that read: “Free at Last!”
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