JUBA (Reuters) ? South Sudanese celebrated the birth of their nation on Saturday following a vote for independence by southerners under the terms of a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of war.
The new state has its capital in Juba and was officially recognized on Friday by the government of Sudan, based in Khartoum, hours before the formal split took place.
Officials said the birth of the new nation would take place at midnight between July 8 and 9, although a formal independence ceremony was due to be held later on Saturday.
According to the official program, a formal Proclamation of the Independence of South Sudan will be read out by southern parliament speaker James Wani Igga at 11:45 a.m. (4:45 a.m. EDT). Minutes later Sudan's national flag will be lowered and the new flag of South Sudan will be raised.
(Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Jon Boyle)
Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110708/wl_nm/us_sudan
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