South Sudan Declares Independence Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Southern Sudanese men ride a motorcycle past a billboard celebrating the choice of the south to separate Africas largest nation in two in the southern Sudanese capital Juba on February 7, 2011. ( PETER MARTELL/AFP/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by PRI and WNYC