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Euphoria, Long Lines Mark South Sudan’s First Day of Voting
Posted by Laura Heaton on Jan 9, 2011

“I have been waiting a long time for this day,” said a young man named Carter, standing in the intense, early morning sun. “Everyone here has, and we’re going for separation,” he said, gesturing toward the long lines of people around him who turned out to this polling station to vote in the South Sudan referendum on independence.

Kabila’s Mining Ban Continues to Set Afloat Unfed and Underpaid Soldiers
Posted by Fidel Bafilemba on Jan 7, 2011

President Kabila’s nearly four-month ban on mining exploitation in the Kivu provinces has been a windfall for army commanders of the government’s ongoing military operations against Hutu foreign combatants in eastern Congo.

Sudan Dispatch: Security Fears Amid Referendum Hopes (Part 2)
Posted by Enough Team on Jan 6, 2011

In the second of a two-part field dispatch series, Sudan researcher Mayank Bubna reported from the Unity State on some of the flashpoints in “arguably one of the most strategic areas of South Sudan.”

Bashir Visits South Sudan Ahead of Sunday's Vote
Posted by Mayank Bubna on Jan 5, 2011

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was Juba yesterday, delivering a conciliatory message to southerners who turned out in droves to bid him, as one spectator put it, "his last farwell."

Sudan Dispatch: Security Fears Amid Referendum Hopes (Part 1)
Posted by Enough Team on Jan 4, 2011

In the first of a two-part field dispatch series, Sudan researcher Mayank Bubna reported from the Unity State on some of the flashpoints in “arguably one of the most strategic areas of South Sudan.”