Horndiplomat- The Ducmentary it was 2011 after the South sudan’s gained its independence from Sudan .
The South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011, following a referendum that passed with 98.83% of the vote. It is a United Nations member state, a member state of the African Union,of the East African Community,and of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.
In July 2012, South Sudan signed the Geneva Conventions. South Sudan has suffered ethnic violence and has been in a civil war since 2013; as of 2016 it has the second highest score on the Fragile States Index (formerly the Failed States Index).
Get a look at life in the newly independent country of South Sudan, courtesy todd Hardesty of the Alaska Sudan Medical Project.
