The Republic of South Sudan is the fourth on the list of the world’s failed states, after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Somalia and Sudan respectively, the latest edition of the Failed States Index (FSI) has revealed.
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The Failed States Index
Holding the title as the world’s newest nation, South Sudan gained its independence on July 9, 2011. With only a half year of data belonging to the new country, it was scored but not ranked on this year’s Failed States Index (FSI). Had it been ranked, it would have come in 4th on the index, just better than its parent to the north, Sudan.