South Sudan fears war as secession vote nears
UNITED NATIONS – Oil-producing south Sudan fears the north may be preparing for war ahead of a referendum on southern independence, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Thursday. In a statement to the U.N. Security Council summarizing the 15-nation panel’s trip to Sudan last week, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice confirmed that the president of southern Sudan, Salva Kiir, asked for a U.N.-administered 10-mile (16-km) buffer zone along the north-south border. During a meeting with council members in Juba, the…
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South Sudan fears war as secession vote nears
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