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Sovereign and independent states are distinct and primary subjects of international law. They are also regarded as objective international persons. However, the territorial integrity and political unity of a state is not static. The process of decolonisation, secession, union, and even reunification is continuously contributing to the making and breaking of states and the remaking of states. This explains why there is still room for the creation of new states in this so-called decolonised era. Quite apart from the formation of many new states by colonial peoples and their territories, the international community has been witnessing at regular intervals the emergence of new states from existing states exemplified by Bangladesh, the Baltic states and the Balkan states, including Kosovo. South Sudan is the youngest to acquire statehood by seceding from Sudan. There is hardly any region of the world that is free from this trend or at least demands for independent statehood identity
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