Category Archives: Southern Sudan

AFP: Jubilant Sudanese vote en masse in referendum

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Deadly clashes ahead of Sudan vote

At least 7 people feared dead in unrest involving south Sudan security forces in the run-up to referendum on secession. At least seven people have been killed in clashes involving south Sudan security forces in the run-up to the referendum in which southerners are to vote on … Continue reading

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Obama weighs in on South Sudan referendum

“Not every generation is given the chance to turn the page on the past and write a new chapter in history. Yet today — after 50 years of civil wars that have killed two million people and turned millions more … Continue reading

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More pictures from the front: pilots say “Bye-Bye to Unity”

Larco Lomayatdit of Juba, South Sudan keeps the positive words and images coming. (H/T Faith McDonnell Director, Religious Liberty Programs and Church Alliance for a New Sudan, The Institute on Religion and Democracy): Dear all Greetings in the name of … Continue reading

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South Sudan Muslims and Independence

These photos just received from Larco Lomayatdit, Juba, South Sudan, Thursday, January 8 to his readers (H/T Faith McDonnell Director, Religious Liberty Programs and Church Alliance for a New Sudan, The Institute on Religion and Democracy): Dear all Greetings from … Continue reading

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ATV: Polling preparations in Nairobi, Kenya

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George Clooney and Larco Lomayatdit say Goodbye, Unity, Hello Independence!

From Larco Lomayatdit, Juba, South Sudan, sent Thursday, January 6 Even Hollywood movie star George Clooney is saying Bye Bye to unity. Greetings from Juba, the Capital of the Republic of South Sudan, It is only two days left for the time … Continue reading

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France 24: South Sudan ready for independence vote

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Front Page: Sudan’s Shell Game

From Front Page Magazine by Faith McDonnell Some sort of natural law of the universe must ensure that anyone engaging in diplomacy with the Islamist regime in Khartoum must be snookered personally by that regime. Some universal principle prohibits them … Continue reading

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