South Sudan votes for independence by a landslide
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to declare independence in final results of a referendum announced on Monday, opening the door to Africa’s newest state and a fresh period of uncertainty for the fractured region. A girl holds a South Sudan flag during the announcement of the preliminary results of voting in Sudan, January 30, 2011. (REUTERS/Tim McKulka/UNMIS Handout/Files) Hundreds of south Sudanese danced, screamed and waved flags as the announcement was broadcast on a line of TV sets in a square in the centre of the southern capital Juba. A total of 98.83 percent of voters from Sudan’s oil-producing south chose to secede from the north in last month’s referendum, the…
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South Sudan votes for independence by a landslide
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