Observers approve: south Sudan independence vote

Laaska News January 17,2011.
By Andrew Heavens(Reuters)

KHARTOUM  – International observers gave south Sudan’s independence referendum their seal of approval on Monday and said a vote for secession was now “virtually certain” in their first official judgment on the poll.

Carter:Southern Sudan must embrace democracy to survive

Laaska News January 09,2011.
By Opheera McDoom (Reuters)

KHARTOUM- South Sudan must embrace democracy if it wants to succeed as a new nation after Sunday’s referendum on independence, former President Jimmy Carter said on Saturday.