South Sudan: unexpected independence

... it? On January 9, 2011 in Juba a long-awaited referendum on political self-determination of southern Sudan took place. The outcome of the plebiscite was the division of Sudan’s geopolitical and economic space into southern and northern states - South Sudan and the Republic of Sudan (RS). The question arises as to why Sudan has broken up? And who benefits from the formation of two new states? The division of Sudan takes root in the colonial policy of the British Empire which artificially united ...