Hot as Khartoum

When the Republic of South Sudan officially became an independent state on Saturday, one Kensington family was back in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum to visit family and witness the separation. For 10-year-old Ashraf Mahamat, who will be entering fifth grade at PS 179, it was a chance to see history happen, but it was also a bit of a change from what he's used to, as he tells the New York Times:

“Khartoum is nice, but it’s hot and dirty, not like Brooklyn,” he said, before stopping to reconsider. “Well, Brooklyn is pretty hot.”