“To the youth of today, I also have a wish to make: be the scriptwriters of your destiny and feature yourselves as stars that showed the way towards a brighter future.”
— Nelson Mandela, 9 July 2008
n the 9th of July 2011, following decades of civil war, South Sudan gained independence from Sudan. Currently, South Sudan is one of the world's most impoverished nations, ranking among the lowest in numerous socioeconomic classifications and health indicator
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