By Bwette Daniel Gilbert Reporter Youth Journalism International KAMPALA, Uganda – At noon Saturday, a new country was born in Africa.Celebrations broke out at midnight as Sudanese residents near my home in the Najjanankumbi section of Kampala welcomed the birth of their long-awaited nation – the Republic of South Sudan.After suffering civil war in Darfur over the past two decades and facing a new escalating conflict over the resource-rich Abyei region, South Sudan has become the 56th country … Read entire article »

By Bwette Daniel Gilbert Reporter Youth Journalism International KAMPALA, Uganda – At noon Saturday, a new country was born in Africa.Celebrations broke out at midnight as Sudanese residents near my home in the Najjanankumbi section of Kampala welcomed the birth of their long-awaited nation – the Republic of South Sudan.After suffering civil war in Darfur over the past two decades and facing a new escalating conflict over the resource-rich Abyei region, South Sudan has become the 56th country in Africa, 193rd country in the world and the last country in Africa to attain its independence.More than three million people gathered in Juba, the new country’s capital, to mark the occasion, according to the NTV Uganda.The independence celebration in Juba drew more than 30 heads of state from all over the world, including Omar … Read entire article »

By Bwette Daniel Gilbert Reporter Youth Journalism International KAMPALA, Uganda – At noon Saturday, a new country was born in Africa.Celebrations broke out at midnight as Sudanese residents near my home in the Najjanankumbi section of Kampala welcomed the birth of their long-awaited nation – the Republic of South Sudan.After suffering civil war in Darfur over the past two decades and facing a new escalating conflict over the resource-rich Abyei region, South Sudan has become the 56th country in Africa, 193rd country in the world and the last country in Africa to attain its independence.More than three million people gathered in Juba, the new country’s capital, to mark the occasion, according to the NTV Uganda.The independence celebration in Juba drew more than 30 heads of state from all over the world, including Omar … Read entire article »

By Bwette Daniel Gilbert Reporter Youth Journalism International KAMPALA, Uganda – At noon Saturday, a new country was born in Africa.Celebrations broke out at midnight as Sudanese residents near my home in the Najjanankumbi section of Kampala welcomed the birth of their long-awaited nation – the Republic of South Sudan.After suffering civil war in Darfur over the past two decades and facing a new escalating conflict over the resource-rich Abyei region, South Sudan has become the 56th country in Africa, 193rd country in the world and the last country in Africa to attain its independence.More than three million people gathered in Juba, the new country’s capital, to mark the occasion, according to the NTV Uganda.The independence celebration in Juba drew more than 30 heads of state from all over the world, including Omar … Read entire article »