South Sudan is the world's newest country, which was formed in
2011.  South Sudan is the world's newest country, which was
formed in 2011. Photo: Kate Geraghty  The Bradt guide to South
Sudan is the first book aimed at visitors to the world's newest
country, which was formed in 2011.  A new guidebook is the first
mainstream publication dedicated to the attractions of South
Sudan, the world's newest country.  The authors of the Bradt
guide to South Sudan, Sophie and Max Lovell-Hoare, said the book
was "tough" to write.  They described the country as "like the
dark side of the moon" with "remarkably few people who have put
both feet on the surface... and seen the place first hand."
However, they also said it was "an incredible, beautiful and
beguiling place".   In a referendum, almost 99 per cent of
voters approved South Sudan's independence, and it officially
became a separate country on July 9, 2011 after several years of
autonomy.  The Sudanese civil war still casts a long shadow over
the country, however;