Monday, January 31, 2011

South Sudan Prepares For Succession -- News Updates January 31, 2011



As South Sudan Clears Another Milestone For Independence, Its Capital Booms -- Christian Science Monitor

South Sudan's capital, Juba, is exploding with new construction, incoming foreign residents and new embassies.

In less than six months, a new nation will be born in a particularly volatile corner of Africa. The capital of this Texas-sized territory is the upstart boomtown of Juba which, like many other institutions in Southern Sudan, is about six years old – as old as the 2005 peace deal that ended more than two decades of conflict between Sudan’s north and south, and that left the south’s already meager pre-war institutions and infrastructure in complete tatters.

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More News On South Sudan

Southern Sudan referendum results: Vote for secession -- BBC
Ban urges calm in Southern Sudan as referendum process is finalized -- UN News Centre
99% of South Sudanese Vote for Independence -- The Atlantic
Khartoum accepts secession results -- Al Jazeera
Government welcomes south Sudan vote result -- AFP
S.Sudan: Contested Abyei region belongs in south -- Washington Post/AP
Sudan faces formidable challenges following secession result -- Deutsche Welle
Sudan's Split: As South Cheers, the North Protests -- Alan Boswell, Time Magazine
Secession could create a prosperous Southern Sudan -- Luka Biong Deng, The Guardian

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