S. Sudan makes preparations for next world capital

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

JUBA, Sudan -- The mud-hut town of Juba has earned a promotion to world capital later this year. Only Southern Sudan needs far more than its own currency and a national anthem: Most of the roads here are dirt and even aid workers live in shipping containers.

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