Historical record Record 2011-007

2011 World Events · Financial crisis, uprisings, and the cyber-kinetic threshold

South Sudan independence

South Sudan became independent after a referendum under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

Evidence-led reading

What is stated, why it matters, and what remains uncertain

What this is

A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2011.

Why it matters

It created the world's newest state but left unresolved border, oil, and governance conflicts.

What is established here

The page faithfully exposes the submitted record and its source boundary. No claim-level evidence packet has yet upgraded the record beyond a research starting point.

What remains uncertain

Starting-point source from the submitted dataset; verify exact dates, attribution, legal posture, casualty figures, and current status before reuse.

Record narrative

Source-bounded summary

South Sudan became independent after a referendum under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

Why the ledger includes it

It created the world's newest state but left unresolved border, oil, and governance conflicts.

Structured fields

Record at a glance

Stable record ID
2011-007
Date or period
2011-07-09
Type
Statehood / conflict transition
Focus
Political / humanitarian
Impact scope
Continental
Priority
4 of 5
Location label
Juba, South Sudan
Coordinate precision
City-level coordinate
Actors named by the source record
South Sudanese voters; Sudan; international mediators
Verification state
source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification

Geographic context

A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint

The submitted record supplies 4.8594, 31.5713 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.

Review location and coordinate boundaries
Global coordinate grid for South Sudan independence An abstract longitude and latitude grid marking the record coordinate. It is not a political map or a surveyed event boundary.
180°WPrime meridian / equator grid180°E

Source and verification boundary

This remains a starting-point record

Starting-point source from the submitted dataset; verify exact dates, attribution, legal posture, casualty figures, and current status before reuse.

Citation and correction

Use the stable record ID and challenge individual propositions

A correction may concern the date, place, actors, attribution, legal status, figures, coordinate precision, source characterization, or why-pivotal summary without invalidating every other field.

Suggested citation

2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “South Sudan independence.” World Events record 2011-007. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2011/2011-007/