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Next for South Sudan: Building an Economy

Officials want to wean the new nation off oil

(Newser) - In South Sudan, the world's newest nation , 98% of revenue comes from oil—and one of the first tasks its nascent government must tackle is how to change that, since oil revenue must still be split with the north. Work will begin today on building an economy that's...

South Sudan Is Born
 South Sudan Is Born 
Jul 9, 2011 6:03 AM CDT

South Sudan Is Born

New nation celebrates its birth at midnight

(Newser) - The world has a new nation: South Sudan. Thousands of South Sudanese citizens celebrated today's milestone with a massive street party, reports AP . "This is a great day for me because it's a day that reflects the suffering that all southerners have had for almost 50 years,...

UN Peacekeepers Expected at Birth of South Sudan

New nation will be one of world's poorest

(Newser) - Up to 7,000 UN peacekeeping forces will be sent to South Sudan to help with the birth of the world's newest country, which officially separates from Sudan at midday tomorrow, reports the Telegraph . The Christian-majority south has been fighting with the Muslim-majority north for 38 of the 54...

Sudan Border Region Revolts
 Sudan Border Region Revolts 
Jul 1, 2011 7:41 AM CDT

Sudan Border Region Revolts

Rebels in Nuba Mountains want independence for their non-Muslim region

(Newser) - Just days before southern Sudan is poised to break away and form a new country, ending decades of civil war and bloodshed, new fighting is breaking out in the north's Nuba Mountains along the north-south border, reports the New York Times . The Sudan government is desperate to keep the...

North Sudan Troops Get 'Green Light' to Attack South

Gunman also fire on UN helicopters

(Newser) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has given Northern Sudan troops the “green light” to attack their southern counterparts at will if they feel threatened, as the dispute over the Abyei border region threatens to balloon into a full-scale civil war in the soon-to-be-divided nation. Northern tanks rolled into the fertile...

Looters Burn Sudan Border Town

North takes Abyei amid fears of new conflict

(Newser) - South Sudan's move toward independence has taken a turn for the worse: Armed looters burned sections of a disputed Sudan border town today as north Sudan’s army refused UN orders to withdraw from it, Reuters reports. Entering the town with tanks, the north took control of Abyei this...

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

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....

New Sudan Fighting Kills More Than 100

Clashes break out after vote on independence

(Newser) - The Sudanese ceasefire has been broken, with more than 100 people killed in a series of clashes between the Sudanese army and rebels, al-Jazeera reports. The military says fighters loyal to rebel leader George Athor attacked an army base in Jonglei earlier this week, setting off the violence. In the...

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...

Protests Spread to Sudan
 Protests Spread to Sudan 
Feb 3, 2011 5:32 AM CST

Protests Spread to Sudan

Smaller than Egypt or Tunisia, but discontent growing in Sudan

(Newser) - For two weeks, calls for the Sudanese to join the growing wave of protests around the Arab region have been going up on Facebook. “Our brothers in Tunisia did it and so did our brothers in Egypt," said one message. "It is about time for us.”...

Protests Fueled by Facebook Begin in Sudan, Too

In southern voting results, 99% want to split from north

(Newser) - Protesters inspired by the goings-on in Egypt and Tunisia took to the streets of Sudan today. Riot police beat demonstrators in Khartoum and in the western city of el-Obeid who called for the resignation of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, reports Reuters . It notes that a "Youth for Change" Facebook...

George Clooney Gets, Beats Malaria

He contracted it during a visit to Sudan

(Newser) - Lots of celebrities do philanthropy, but George Clooney's actually suffering in the line of do-goodery—the actor contracted malaria while on a recent trip to Sudan, People reports. However, he's fully cured after a 10-day convalescence, said a spokesman. Clooney was in Sudan ahead of its vote on southern independence....

Sudan Voters Overwhelmingly Back Secession

In some districts, more than 95% in favor

(Newser) - It looks like the world is about to have a new country. Early vote tallies released from southern Sudan yesterday lean overwhelmingly toward secession, the New York Times reports. In the regional capital of Juba, more than 95% voted to break away. The full vote tally won’t be announced...

Border Fights Erupt as Sudan Votes
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
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...

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...

Sudanese Probing Flogged Woman Video

Authorities promise investigation after disturbing film goes viral

(Newser) - A video of a Sudanese woman being mercilessly flogged by policemen has gone viral and Sudan's government has promised to investigate whether she was flogged properly. The video shows an unidentified young woman being ordered to sit in a parking lot, where she is whipped by laughing policemen, AP reports....

Don't Blow It, World: Sudan Has Chance at Peace

Op-ed: Other nations must keep up pressure ahead of referendum

(Newser) - For Sudan, this might be as optimistic as it gets: Two experts have returned from a two-week visit and concluded that war and violence "are not inevitable" following January's referendum on southern independence. "But only if the international community sets clear lines of acceptable behavior as the two...

China: Those Weren't Our Bullets in Darfur

Beijing is trying to block UN report to the contrary

(Newser) - China is attempting to block publication of UN report stating that Chinese bullets were used in attacks against UN peacekeeping forces in Darfur, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The report states that 11 different kinds of Chinese-made bullet casings were found at sites where government-allied militia members attacked UN or...

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