Southern Sudan votes to secede

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VOA:

Southern Sudan referendum officials say preliminary results show almost all voters chose to secede from the north in a referendum earlier this month.

Figures published on the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission's website, accounting for all of the ballots cast in Sudan's north and the south, gave secession nearly 99 (98.83) percent of the vote. It was not immediately clear if that figure included votes from the diaspora.

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It is easy to understand why they would want to secede from the brutal repression by the Islamic North. The South is mainly Christian and black, while the North is Arabic and Muslim. The South also has oil resources that should help them survive, if they use the money wisely. Africa has a rich history of corruption so there is no assurance that wisdom will prevail.
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