The referendum date on self-determination for southern Sudan approaches; the people of the south will vote in a referendum on 9 January 2011 to determine their future.
29 September 2010
The referendum date on self-determination for southern Sudan approaches; the people of the south will vote in a referendum on 9 January 2011 to determine their future. According to the Nifasha Treaty of 2005, the result of the referendum will either be secession of the south or a continuation of its union with the north. Secessionist moves are evident in the south, where a group calling itself ‘youth for secession’, clearly supported by the Sudanese Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM)...