South Sudan got what they always wanted - Independence. Now, they have become their own country and fights should be over...or so it seems. Despite Amanda Hsiao's fears that the problems may not be over, I still feel the right thing was done. justice has prevailed.
In early June, violence broke out between Sudanese government forces and fighters in South Kordofan, a region that sits atop the North-South Sudan border. Reports trickling out from the ground describe government forces targeting civilians based on political sympathies and ethnic affiliations, searching house-to-house for opposition, and indiscriminately bombing large areas. “These acts could constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity,” said U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice in remarks at a Security Council briefing. All these are a thing of the past.
While expressing her fears, Hsiao insinuated that Hostilities between North and South Sudan may not be over either. In May, the Sudanese government sent its troops to forcibly take over Abyei, a border area claimed by constituencies on both sides, even though negotiations over its status were ongoing. Peacekeepers are arriving to secure the area, but how the South Sudanese government will respond once it has acquired sovereignty, is unclear. The two governments have not agreed on how they will split oil revenues after separation. Most of the oil lies in the South, but the infrastructure for exporting the oil lies in the North, an interdependence that should demand cooperation and peace between the two states. 
Despite all these talks by 'those who claim to know, I think Sudan has done what should be done. Should Nigeria follow suit? Wikileak predicted 2015 as the time it would happen? Would everyone feel happy? With the series of killings and ethnic and religious violence going on here, thge answer has to be yes. Sudan has started. Let Nigeria follow.