AdvertisementCelebratory South Sudan Prepares For IndependenceJuly 07, 2011Ofeibea Quist-ArctonfacebookEmailA handout picture released by the United Nations Mission in Sudan shows South Sudanese children rehearsing their dance routine to be performed at half time during a football match as part of independence day celebrations in Juba on Thursday, two days before South Sudan secedes from the north and becomes the world's newest nation. (AFP/Getty Images)