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07/20/2011 Citizens of South Sudan celebrated their long awaited independence day on July 9, 2011 after more than five decades of armed struggle with the North. The mood in Juba was optimistic despite the ongoing disputes between the North and the South and the tremendous challenges ahead for the people of South Sudan as they build a new nation. In an interview with Africa Now, NDI’s country director for the newly formed South Sudan, Richard Nuccio, speaks about the continuing conflict between the North and South over the oil-rich Abyei region that may drive the two sides back into war, as well as the Constitutional revision process currently underway that will seek to give democratic voice to the population.
