May this new nation, born out of the resistance to jihad, last 5000 years. “South Sudan Becomes New Nation Saturday,” from CBNNews.com, July 8:
The Republic of South Sudan will join the community of nations on Saturday.
After the military celebrations and parades, the South will have to face up to the realities it faces.
It will be one of the most underdeveloped countries on the planet. Only 15 percent of its citizens can read and fears of renewed conflict abound.
The people of the South have endured a half century of civil war and oppression by the Islamic rulers of northern Sudan that left more than 2 million dead.
The South’s population is heavily Christian and black African, two groups targeted by Omar Bashir’s regime.