Whats in a name? For south Sudanese quite a lot
Tweet – The flag is ready; a national anthem has been written. But as south Sudanese swarmed to the polls this week to vote on forging the worlds newest state, there was still no consensus what to call it. Cush, Nile Republic, New Sudan, or plain old South Sudan – all manner of suggestions have been put forward. But none has yet won general agreement, let alone captured the public imagination. Part of the problem is ideological. The leadership of the rebel group that led the south to the 2005 peace deal which paved the way for this weeks independence referendum was only very…
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Whats in a name? For south Sudanese quite a lot
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