Sunday, January 30, 2011

Over 99% of Southern Sudan votes for secession.

Over 99% of southern Sudan voted to succeed from the northern half. The election was held in early January, and was part of a 2005 agreement that ended a decade long war between the north and south, in which over 2 million people lost their lives. The head of the voting bureau in the south, Chan Reec Madut, said that voter turn out in the southern 10 states was also around 99%. In contrast, the north voted to succeed by 58%, with around 60% of eligible voters voting.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/30/pct-southern-sudan-vote-secession/?test=latestnews

Jacob McCarty

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