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Southern Sudan: 105 Killed in New Clashes

Apr 24, 2011 4:28 PM CDT

105 Dead in Clashes in South Sudan

Worries about stability rise ahead of region's independence

(Newser) - At least 105 people have died in violence between government forces and rebel militias in Southern Sudan this week, an official said today, raising concerns of southern instability ahead of the region's independence declaration in July. A Southern Sudan spokesman said fighting yesterday between a group of rebels led...

World's
Newest Country
Picks a Name

Feb 17, 2011 5:40 AM CST

World's Newest Country Picks a Name

South Sudan beats Nile Republic, Kush

(Newser) - Southern Sudan already had a flag and an anthem when its people voted to secede and split Africa's biggest country in two; the nation-in-waiting now has a name as well. The secretary-general of the ruling party, keeping things simple, says the name South Sudan has been chosen, the BBC reports....

Sudan's Prez Certifies
South's Secession

Feb 7, 2011 4:14 PM CST

Sudan's Prez Certifies South's Secession

President Bashir accepts southern referendum

(Newser) - Handed final voting results that showed roughly 99% of Sudan's south wanted to secede, President Omar al-Bashir today agreed to allow part of his country to become its own nation, the New York Times reports. The vote, held last month, reflected years of exploitation and civil war between the Islamic...

Border Fights Erupt
as Sudan Votes

Jan 10, 2011 8:23 AM CST

Border Fights Erupt as Sudan Votes

23 dead in north-south clashes

(Newser) - Violence has broken out in Sudan as the country votes this week on southern independence , with at least 23 dead in fighting near the north-south border, the Guardian reports. Observers are carefully watching the Abyei region, which was promised its own referendum to decide whether it would join the north...

It's a New Beginning
Today in Sudan

BARACK OBAMA

Jan 9, 2011 8:44 AM CST

It's a New Beginning Today in Sudan

Millions of southern Sudanese vote this week to create a new country

(Newser) - Today's referendum in the southern Sudan is a "chance to turn the page on the past and write a new chapter in history," writes President Obama in the New York Times . "A successful vote will be cause for celebration and an inspiring step forward in Africa’s...

Southern Sudan Votes,
Could Spawn New Nation

Jan 9, 2011 6:06 AM CST

Southern Sudan Votes, Could Spawn New Nation

Referendum to end decades of sectarian violence

(Newser) - Millions flock to the polls in southern Sudan today for a historic election that could give birth to a new nation, reports the Washington Post . The nation's 22-year-old civil war ended in 2005 with some 2 million casualties, but the violence continued, made worse by a sectarian divide, with the...

Clooney, Google to Become
'Anti-Genocide Paparazzi'

Dec 29, 2010 8:50 AM CST

Clooney, Google to Become 'Anti-Genocide Paparazzi'

Actor launches satellite surveillance project in Sudan

(Newser) - As southern Sudan votes on a secession referendum Jan. 9, sparking fears of a new civil war with the north, someone will be watching: George Clooney. And the actor hopes you’ll watch, too, via his new Satellite Sentinel Project website, the AP reports. The idea: Train a bunch of...

Obama Scrambles
to Save Sudan

Aug 30, 2010 7:06 AM CDT

Obama Scrambles to Save Sudan

Administration risks losing gains of 2005 deal

(Newser) - Barack Obama came to power promising to help Sudan, and he's been scrambling in recent days to do just that, as the country threatens to backslide into civil war: The US is beefing up its presence in the war-torn country ahead of January's crucial independence referendum, and has doubled America's...

Obama Is
Failing Sudan

Nick Kristof

Aug 29, 2010 7:08 AM CDT

Obama Is Failing Sudan

Even Bush was better, Kristof writes

(Newser) - When is comes to Sudan , Barack Obama has been worse than even George W Bush, argues Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times , who despite his many failings, managed to secure the 2005 deal that ended Sudan's 20-year civil war. Obama's "incoherent, contradictory and apparently failing Sudan policy" is...

Rhino City Planned in Sudan

Aug 19, 2010 1:58 AM CDT

Rhino City Planned in Sudan

South Sudan aims to rebuild cities in the shapes of animals

(Newser) - South Sudan is expected to become the world's newest independent country after a referendum next year, and planners are working to give it an eye-catching capital. Officials unveiled a $10 billion plan yesterday to rebuild the city of Juba in the shape of a rhino, and rebuild the region's second-largest...