A landlocked country in north-eastern Africa, independent since 2011; population 12,300,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Juba; languages, Arabic, English, and others.
Since Sudan's independence in 1956 there had been conflict between the Islamic government in the north and separatist forces in the south. A peace agreement in 2005 provided for a referendum on secession, which was held in 2011 and resulted in South Sudan declaring itself independent. The country was admitted to the United Nations later that year
Definition of South Sudan in US English:
South Sudan
proper noun
A landlocked country in northeastern Africa, independent since 2011; population 12,300,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Juba; languages, Arabic, English, and others.
Since Sudan's independence in 1956 there had been conflict between the Islamic government in the north and separatist forces in the south. A peace agreement in 2005 provided for a referendum on secession, which was held in 2011 and resulted in South Sudan declaring itself independent. The country was admitted to the United Nations later that year