A new country was formed Saturday, and the news never talked : Othor Games

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:44 pm

I saw it on CNN, it could have gotten more coverage but it was on there. There was also another story about how the AU and UN will both accept its membership.

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:33 pm

This right here.

Well you could always watch the news on the internet. I for one watch more live news on my computer than I do on my television, though I am a news addict.

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:32 pm

Well you could always watch the news on the internet. I for one watch more live news on my computer than I do on my television, though I am a news addict.

I try to check the latest headlines tab at least once a day. But if nothing catches my eye, I don't read anything.

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:25 pm

The world has a ridiculous number of border problems thanks to past colonial powers blindly drawing lines on a map, so I'm glad to see at least one finally corrected. Here's hoping that they'll be able to continue to stay away from conflict for the few decades they'll need to improve on their current situation (it'd be hard to get much worse).

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:30 am

I thought this was old news. The elections were scheduled months ago, and it was always obvious how the vote would turn out.

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:09 am

http://bbcristian.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/idiocracy-president-camacho2.jpg%3Fw%3D300%26h%3D167 has him beat.

Send South Sudan more electrolytes!

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:40 pm

I'd heard about this before, but I missed it because I've been preoccupied with laughing at Rupert Murdoch.

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:10 pm

Hmmm, how come my thread about this topic was closed immediately, but this remains open. Biased much?

Anyway, I saw nothing about it on TV, although there was an article on Australian Sudanese refugees in the local newspaper and how they supported the independence.

I've been following this story since last year and have even done an assignment on it at school.

I love the presidents hat!

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:42 pm

Their President looks http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Salva_Kiir_Mayardit.jpg/220px-Salva_Kiir_Mayardit.jpg

Lucas Simms is a president now?

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:51 pm

South Sudan is kinda a boring name though. I wish they went with Axum

I like to think I'd have made a value judgement, just because I could, and called it "Greater Sudan" or "Free Sudan" or something.

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:30 am

Lucas Simms is a president now?

I was just about to post that, LOL.

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:12 am

South Sudan is kinda a boring name though. I wish they went with Axum

It would be kind of strange to name yourself after an ancient civilization from another part of the continent. There were some interesting peoples in and around the Sudd at the same time, however I believe most of these civilizations are part of the origins of individual modern ethnic groups - I'm not sure if there is one civilization that all of the modern South Sudanese could get behind.

All rise for his Excellency, Rabbi Barry White!

You sir, have won the thread. :rofl:

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:11 am

The world has a ridiculous number of border problems thanks to past colonial powers blindly drawing lines on a map, so I'm glad to see at least one finally corrected. Here's hoping that they'll be able to continue to stay away from conflict for the few decades they'll need to improve on their current situation (it'd be hard to get much worse).

But, what would you call it now then, a heated argument?
The LRA and the SPLA/M haven't been disarmed, and are still recruiting the Sudanese lost boys, as well as South Sudan being at war with them and five or six other militant groups..

I like to think I'd have made a value judgement, just because I could, and called it "Greater Sudan" or "Free Sudan" or something.

That would have been oil on the fire, like Canada renaming itself "Not-our-stupid-neighbors-to-the-south" country..

It would be kind of strange to name yourself after an ancient civilization from another part of the continent. There were some interesting peoples in and around the Sudd at the same time, however I believe most of these civilizations are part of the origins of individual modern ethnic groups - I'm not sure if there is one civilization that all of the modern South Sudanese could get behind.

There aren't. From the transitional constitution of South Sudan it says "All indigenous languages of South Sudan are national languages", meaning that they didn't even want to go out and count all the different ethnic tribes in the area.

You sir, have won the thread. :rofl:

Yeah, he did, didn't he -I laughed real hard at that

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:07 am

I heard about the fact that they might split a few weeks back, but I haven't heard about it becoming official.

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:26 pm

welcome to the Bethesda Softworks Community Discussion Forum, for all your international news updates!

-it's actually one of the reasons I check this place out so often, for the news :ninja:

BSCDF News.. doesn't have quite that Walter Cronkite ring to it though... :unsure:

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:34 am

So, in a nutshell, what'll be different about South Sudan? :s

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:08 pm

So, in a nutshell, what'll be different about South Sudan? :s

It has a border running across the northern edge of it now. :wink_smile:

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:59 am

So, in a nutshell, what'll be different about South Sudan? :s

It has a border running across the northern edge of it now. :wink_smile:

Which means formal declarations of war, that the UN can ratify against, instead of it being an internal sovereign matter, that the rest of the world ought to keep it's nose out of.

in one word:

politics.

So don't ask :ninja:

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:44 pm

Been to busy watching Canervale on my dvd player to watch the news, my cable is out anyways.

Not like I find this shocking or important, all drawing border lines does is give more excuses for conflict.

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:06 am

So, in a nutshell, what'll be different about South Sudan? :s

The Khartoum government can't just do whatever it wants in the south - Spend the oil revenues on its supporters in the north, Impose Sharia Law on the prodominantly-christian south, etc; South Sudan can get aid directly and take control of its future.

» Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:01 am

Ah yes, I recall reading about this a few months back. Glad to see everything worked out, although I wouldn't know why the television news isn't covering it since I don't really watch television but I assume it was a big story on news websites.

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:02 pm

But, what would you call it now then, a heated argument?
The LRA and the SPLA/M haven't been disarmed, and are still recruiting the Sudanese lost boys, as well as South Sudan being at war with them and five or six other militant groups..

I meant that this is a big step, I guess I worded it wrong...

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:09 pm

I meant that this is a big step, I guess I worded it wrong...

sokay buddy

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:17 pm

Well, congrats to them for getting their stuff sorted out, at least to some degree. I know they have one thing the US doesn't have: They can have a president that wears a cowboy hat and can be taken seriously.

» Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:10 am

There aren't. From the transitional constitution of South Sudan it says "All indigenous languages of South Sudan are national languages", meaning that they didn't even want to go out and count all the different ethnic tribes in the area.

I suppose another option would be an ancient civilization that doesn't have an obvious tie to an extent demographic. Off hand I'm not sure if anyone claims to be the descendants of the Noba (which opens up "Nubia"), and "Kush" may be sufficiently generic to be acceptable to everyone.

But this isn't a region I have much experience with, so I could be quite wrong on both counts.

Of course what they really want is to call themselves "Sudan" since they have the majority of the Sudd, and then have the north rename itself - but that's never going to happen.