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Vol. 14 – Governance and Ethnicity in Africa  /  No. 1 – January 2012: South Sudan: A Beacon of Hope?
 
By Wendy Gichuru
 
In 2011, Africa's largest country, the Republic of Sudan, was divided into two sovereign states—Sudan and South Sudan. This marks the first time since the colonial era that state partition as a resolution to deep-rooted conflict has been tried. Although the creation of South Sudan was achieved with overwhelming popular support in a referendum, it nevertheless sets a precedent, raising many questions regarding the new country's own future as well as that of other African states. With the benefit of recent, first-hand exposure, Wendy Gichuru here considers the challenges of ethnicity and governance in the new Republic of South Sudan.

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