South Sudan marks its independence six months after voters chose to secede from the north, breaking Africa’s largest nation into two. A 2005 peace deal ended decades of war. FULL STORY | PHOTOS | CEREMONY | SWEARING-IN

South Sudan marks its independence six months after voters chose to secede from the north, breaking Africa’s largest nation into two. A 2005 peace deal ended decades of war. FULL STORY | PHOTOS | CEREMONY | SWEARING-IN