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Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Biodun556(m): 3:19pm On Jul 08, 2021
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2021/7/8/south-sudan-celebrates-10-years-of-independence-but-few-rejoice


Friday marks 10 years since South Sudan gained independence to become the world’s youngest nation – yet few citizens are rejoicing.

Over the past 10 years, the oil-rich country has been mired in fighting that killed nearly 400,000 people, engrained corruption and a deteriorating humanitarian crisis, while a fragile peace deal hangs by a thread.

“After 10 years of independence, South Sudan’s population doesn’t have much to celebrate,” said Joshua Craze, a research fellow at the London School for Economics who has worked in South Sudan since 2008. “Those hopeful expectations of life in the new state have only delivered for South Sudan’s elite, which has entrenched itself atop the rest of the country,” he added.

Hopes were high in 2011 when after decades of war with the north, the southern South voted overwhelmingly to secede. Salva Kiir, a former rebel leader, was sworn in as South Sudan’s first president, with Riek Machar, another rebel leader, as his deputy. Many South Sudanese who had fled, returned, while the international community poured millions of dollars into propping up the new government.

Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Biodun556(m): 3:20pm On Jul 08, 2021
Governance is not a miracle, it is a process

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Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by SpecialAdviser(m): 3:20pm On Jul 08, 2021
Some useless people will always use South Sudan as a test case for the Biafran movement.

Nonsense! How can you compare South Sudanese with the ever Resilience, ever rugged and ever hard working Biafrans blessed with both human and natural resources? If you think Igbos will suffer when Nigeria breaks, join the movement for Biafran restoration. Shebi you have always wished them to suffer?

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Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by richmond500: 3:21pm On Jul 08, 2021
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Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by richmond500: 3:22pm On Jul 08, 2021
Biodun556:
Governance is not a miracle, it is a process
gbamsolutely
Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Biodun556(m): 3:24pm On Jul 08, 2021
SpecialAdviser:
Some useless people will always use South Sudan as a test case for

They said war is the way to go, South Sudan is still fighting the war after ten years and few elites are busy siphoning their money
Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by SpecialAdviser(m): 3:29pm On Jul 08, 2021
Biodun556:


They said war is the way to go, South Sudan is still fighting the war after ten years and few elites are busy siphoning their money

Nobody need to fight war to break up

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Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by System202: 3:35pm On Jul 08, 2021
South Nigeria
Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by SlayerForever: 3:53pm On Jul 08, 2021
Doesn't invalidate the Biafra struggle as many cretins will have us believe.

For every South Sudan there's a Singapore, Belgium, Norway etc etc

Secessionist agitations are treated on a case to case basis. Not one size fits all.

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Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by NigeriaNawa: 3:56pm On Jul 08, 2021
Anything is better than living under Islamic tyranny !!

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Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Biodun556(m): 4:00pm On Jul 08, 2021
SlayerForever:
Doesn't invalidate the Biafra struggle as many cretins will have us believe.

For every South Sudan there's a Singapore, Belgium, Norway etc etc

Secessionist agitations are treated on a case to case basis. Not one size fits all.

This is Africa, give African example

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Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Biodun556(m): 4:06pm On Jul 08, 2021
NigeriaNawa:
Anything is better than living under Islamic tyranny !!
Are you in Nigeria at all?
Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Tinubuadvocate: 4:08pm On Jul 08, 2021
This is what biafra republic will become thereafter.
Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by BKayy: 4:12pm On Jul 08, 2021
Would you mind showing us USA after 100 years of Independence?
US started smiling 200 years ago
Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Biodun556(m): 4:12pm On Jul 08, 2021
BKayy:
Would you mind showing us USA after 100 years of Independence?
US started smiling 200 years ago

Absolutely not true. US started enjoying after the second World war. After the war, the World economy fell in their hands, more powerful countries mostly in Europe were submerged paving ways for US to grow
Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by BKayy: 4:13pm On Jul 08, 2021
SpecialAdviser:
Some useless people will always use South Sudan as a test case for the Biafran movement.

Nonsense! How can you compare South Sudanese with the ever Resilience, ever ruggedly and ever hard working Biafrans blessed with both human and natural resources? If you think Igbos will suffer when they broke up from Nigeria join the movement for Biafran restoration. Shebi you have always wished them to suffer?
Supported.
I wonder when they started caring

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Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by BKayy: 4:13pm On Jul 08, 2021
Biodun556:


Absolutely not true
Then show us.
Most part of it was called the wild west then
Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Biodun556(m): 4:18pm On Jul 08, 2021
BKayy:

Then show us.
Most part of it was called the wild west then


Absolutely not true. US started enjoying after the second World war. After the war, the World economy fell in their hands, more powerful countries mostly in Europe were submerged paving ways for US to grow
Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Almaigaa: 4:32pm On Jul 08, 2021
Biafra will be worse than this, when the North finaly gives them independence. cheesy grin grin grin

Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by laiperi: 4:39pm On Jul 08, 2021
An Igbo proverb says when old bones are mentioned, old women feel uneasy
Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Almaigaa: 4:40pm On Jul 08, 2021
Tinubuadvocate:
This is what biafra republic will become thereafter.

South Sudan will be a Child's play Compared to BIAFRA. grin grin grin

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Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Tinubuadvocate: 4:46pm On Jul 08, 2021
grin I tell you bro.
Almaigaa:


South Sudan will be a Child's play Compared to BIAFRA. grin grin grin

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Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by SlayerForever: 5:11pm On Jul 08, 2021
Biodun556:


This is Africa, give African example


How many examples are there in Africa. Just Eritrea and South Sudan.
Re: Nigeria: South Sudan Celebrates Ten Years Of Independence But Few Rejoice by Danzakidakura(m): 6:51pm On Jul 08, 2021
Tinubuadvocate:
grin I tell you bro.
imagine what a Yoruba Muslim is wishing another person. Tomorrow of Fulani terrorists groups come for you now you will be crying for southern unity.

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