Tuesday, February 8, 2011

South Sudan Votes For Independence (98.83%)

Hard to get a more resounding yes then 98.83%.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/02/07/uk-sudan-referendum-idUKTRE7161MW20110207

"South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to declare independence in final results of a referendum announced on Monday, opening the door to Africa's newest state and a fresh period of uncertainty for the fractured region.

Hundreds of south Sudanese danced, screamed and waved flags as the announcement was broadcast on a line of TV sets in a square in the centre of the southern capital Juba.

A total of 98.83 percent of voters from Sudan's oil-producing south chose to secede from the north in last month's referendum, the chairman of the vote's organising commission Mohammed Ibrahim Khalil said.
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