This week-end we mentioned the 2nd anniversary of South Sudan’s Independence on our latest Top Stories/Must Read. On this occasion, Aguil Blunt, who is an American-South Sudanese public health and development consultant, posted a very interesting article on Fair Observer.
She points out that two years on since Sudan’s partition, many challenges still remain…
For me, the July 9 anniversary remains bittersweet. While we celebrate the realization of an independent South Sudan, this date is also the time of the year I mourn for the two Sudans, Africa, and the world because it marks the anniversary of the loss of the late Dr. John Garang.
Eight years ago, millions of people in Khartoum gathered to hear the late Garang speak. His return to Khartoum marked what was supposed to be the beginning of a new dawn of peace for all Sudanese people. For the first time in modern Sudanese history, a massive crowd gathered to hear from a political leader. For many Sudanese, Garang the intellectual, liberation leader, and New Sudan visionary, was the last hope for a united Sudan. His presence in the capital, they assumed, meant that the long bitter war was finally over and that the dream of all Sudanese living as one would finally come true.
Read full article here.
