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The South Rises Again (in Sudan)

Posted on | January 9, 2011 | 4 Comments

A referendum begins, and voters in South Sudan are expected to approve their independence from Khartoum:

Joy marked the faces of South Sudanese citizens as they waited in long lines at polling stations throughout this dusty boomtown that, come July, is likely to be the world’s newest capital.
In Juba, many residents rose before dawn to get in line for their chance to vote in this historic referendum on whether semiautonomous South Sudan will secede from Sudan. Others stood in the baking sun for the chance to make the choice of a lifetime. After decades of struggle, emotions of relief, happiness, and excitement abounded among voters. . . .
“This is democracy at its most basic, where people are choosing their future, and how and by whom they want to be governed,” said former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in the country with former President Jimmy Carter’s election observation mission.
“It’s important that the enthusiasm, the energy, leads to solid results that are expected by everyone,” Mr. Annan said, while women in line to vote behind him ululated spontaneously – a sign of celebration which was a a common occurrence Sunday, the first day of polling.
A few minutes before Annan and Mr. Carter arrived, a southern man had led the hundreds of soon-to-be voters in chants of “hallelujah.”

If at first you don’t secede . . .

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Comments

  • Joe

    I wish them well. Those Northern Sudanese make New Englanders seem downright charming.

  • Robbyahm

    May God be with the Southern Sudanese…Hey Mr. McCain I have a question for you that ive been thinking all weekend and would like your opinion on- we all know that not long after the shooting the left-wing hate mongers went vitriolic over blaming the tragedy on conservatives, Sarah Palin, tea partiers, one names it, they blame it. while im waiting for the information and facts regarding who this gunman is, i was desperately trying to keep my feelings from bursting about the left blaming me and you for the shooting, i was also thinking in the back of my head that maybe this country (and only God knows how much i do truly love it and will die for it) that maybe this country has become so divided among the ideological lines that i just feel so tired of fight with a bunch of children, you know let the children run this country and ill take Alabama with me, so my question is “is it time?” in other words: secede…just asking for your opinion.

  • Anonymous

    Interestingly enough, this time it’s the North that’s practicing slavery, at least according to some accounts.

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