First child of an infant nation

NOTES:
to usher in - ознаменовать собой начало
a reveller - гуляка
a secession - отделение (от чего-либо)
to give birth to - родить
a midwife - акушерка

First the birth of a nation and then the arrival of its first citizen.
The weekend saw South Sudan usher in independence after decades of civil war.
As revellers were marking the newborn country's secession from the north, Josephine Alphanes gave birth to her son, who she named Independence.
Nurses and midwives joined in the celebrations.