JUBA – Close to 4 million voters in Southern Sudan will face the choice between separation or unity beginning Sunday, when a seven-day referendum on separation from the Khartoum-based north begins.
Their ballot option will be a solitary hand or two clasped together.The vote, which is likely to lead to the creation of the world’s newest country, is the culmination of a 2005 peace deal that ended 20-plus years of north-south civil war.Actor George Clooney arrived in Juba, Southern Sudan’s capital, on Thursday. Former US President Jimmy Carter, US Sen. John Kerry, and former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan are also travelling to Sudan to witness the vote.- Nampa-AP
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