A new nation, but the same challenges

The Republic of Southern Sudan was born over the weekend; the culmination of a lifelong struggle for dignity and self-determination. I knew many Southern Sudanese in exile and we shared many of the same dreams and frustrations. But they have had to wait the longest and they lost 25 percent of their population in a 25-year civil war.
 Rama Isibo
Rama Isibo
Times Reporter