sentence2: I followed thoroughly the independence process of South Sudan and was shocked by the little coverage it got… plus all the pessimism around it really annoyed me.
sentence1: تابعت عن قرب مسلسل استقلال جنوب السودان، وصدمتني قلة الاهتمام التي توليها وسائل الإعلام للموضوع.