Fact 1
The country went through 50 long years of spasmodic civil wars. It was only in 2005 that North Sudan and South Sudan signed a cease fire and the fighting finally stopped.
Fact 2
It is one of the youngest countries in the world. It was only in 2011 that South Sudan declared itself as an independent nation when it spun-off from the country of Sudan.
Fact 3
Interestingly, the South Sudanese government considered numerous names such as Nile Republic, Azania and Kush Republic. It finally settled for what it thought was the safest choice- the Republic of South Sudan also called Ross.
Is the largest country on the African continent located in the northeast dominated by the Nile and its tributaries.
Khartoum is the capital and second largest city of the Republic of Sudan and Khartoum State.
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is a landlocked country in Middle Africa, located in the area of north Central Africa.