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China.org.cn, December 30, 2011
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South Sudan's independence
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Cutoff point. [By Jiao Haiyang/China.org.cn] |
![Cutoff point [By Jiao Haiyang/China.org.cn]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20111230/0019b91ec74f1067b50749.jpg "Cutoff point [By Jiao Haiyang/China.org.cn]")
Republic of South Sudan declared its independence on July 9 and became the 193rd member state of the United Nations. Salva Kiir Mayardit took office as president of the new country. The independence of South Sudan from Sudan came as a result of the January referendum held under the terms of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the decades-long civil war between the North and the South.
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