South Sudanese leaders said on Sunday they were considering building a new capital after their expected independence as the current hub Juba lacked infrastructure and space for new business.
"A committee has been formed to look into a more suitable place for a capital that is befitting an independent nation. There are so many things that Juba doesn't have now in terms of services," said Anne Itto, from the south's ruling party.
Juba, which sits on the banks of the White Nile in the south's Central Equatoria state, has seen a dramatic but chaotic expansion since a 2005 peace deal ended decades of north/south civil war and promised the referendum.
After the accord, Juba became the seat of the south's semi- autonomous government, the base of a mushrooming United Nations presence and built on its status as the south's commercial hub.
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