South Sudan's Struggle for Stability

South Sudan's Struggle for Stability In July 2011, millions of South Sudanese celebrated the birth of the world's newest country. Nearly 99 percent had voted to break away from Sudan after decades of war. Within two years the young nation collapsed into civil war along ethnic lines. President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar turned a personal rivalry into a national catastrophe. Colonial borders had stacked the deck against the South generations earlier. Today floods and fresh fighting still keep millions of people from home.