Tomorrow will be the start of a new country, the Republic of South Sudan. Mostly Christian and animist, they will face challenges and a tough road ahead from their neighbor to the North. A few things to keep in mind: the south has all the oil and the least amount of desert, making it what we in the West call "prime real estate". That choice property has been in the cross-hairs of Islam for the past 50 years, with millions already dying by the sword, with many more to come. The North, now that it has lost it's most financially viable area will increase the attacks, and watch for the UN to do nothing about it...again.
From CBN July 8
South Sudan Becomes New Nation Saturday
The Republic of South Sudan will join the community of nations on Saturday.
After the military celebrations and parades, the South will have to face up to the realities it faces.
It will be one of the most underdeveloped countries on the planet. Only 15 percent of its citizens can read and fears of renewed conflict abound.
The people of the South have endured a half century of civil war and oppression by the Islamic rulers of northern Sudan that left more than 2 million dead.
The South's population is heavily Christian and black African, two groups targeted by Omar Bashir's regime.
Click play for more analyis on the situation in Sudan and the impact independence will have on the South with CBN News Senior International Correspondent Gary Lane.
American evangelist Franklin Graham is in the new nation to help celebrate its founding.
Graham's Samaritan's Purse ministry has been at work in Sudan since 1993, building churches and hospitals and providing agricultural aid.
The United Nations is expected to pass a unanimous resolution Friday to send a peacekeeping force of 7,000 military personnel and 900 international police.
Their mandate is to keep the peace and help promote development in the world's newest nation.
And we know just how well that has worked in the past.
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