Referendum result in Southern Sudan

Anthony Wilson remembers the Quaker involvement in an historic peace initiative in southern Sudan in 1973

A referendum polling center in Al Gezira state in northern Sudan. | Photo: Mirella McCracken/USAID/flickr CC:BY.

In early January 2011 a referendum took place in Southern Sudan to determine whether the region should remain part of Sudan or become independent. The preliminary final results of the referendum have just been published and almost ninety-nine per cent (98.83%) voted in favour of independence. This July is the predetermined date for the creation of an independent state.

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