South Sudan to Become Independent Nation

[JJW319]

Surprised that I did not see a thread.

An independence vote was held in January. 99% voted for an independent nation. Salva Kiir Mayardit was elected President, and the Republic of South Sudan will become independent sovereign state on July 9.

Multiple articles from Time

http://search.time.com/results.html?cmd=tags&D=south+sudan&sid=12E494E94B4F&Ntt=south+sudan&internalid=endeca_dimension&p=0&N=35&Nty=1&srchCat=Full+Archive

[sjb2k1]

flew completely under my radar.

[Colinmac36]

i knew this was going on, apparently like 85% of the country is illiterate so their ballots consisted of 2 hands apart to become independent and 2 hands shaking to stay together. crazy isnt it.

[J.C.]

99%? Those are Hosni Mubarak numbers.

[bcblink]

i knew this was going on, apparently like 85% of the country is illiterate so their ballots consisted of 2 hands apart to become independent and 2 hands shaking to stay together. crazy isnt it.
http://littledesignbook.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sudan-ballot-paper.jpg

[deFobbed14yrs]

So North Sudan will be fucked over economically b/c south sudan has all the oil. North Sudanese will not be happy i suppose.

[Jonnyborg]

i heard some stuff about this but I had no idea that it was actually coming to fruition

[JJW319]

http://littledesignbook.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sudan-ballot-paper.jpg

that picture has so much meaning. Crazy

[saturday_snow_squall]

yay! ive never even heard of this place.

[JJW319]

yay! ive never even heard of this place.

:wallbash:

[domotime2]

a new country for sporcle.


but seriously lets talk pros and cons here....backlash etc. will this last?

[domotime2]

yay! ive never even heard of this place.
its not like sudan is some no-name small island country...or a new african country or eastern european, or one the "stans" of the world. thats why your statement seems ignorant, sudan's a well known country.

[Ollie McKraut]

wow this is cool. wonder where the border would be drawn?

[JJW319]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/LocationSouthernSudan.svg

[dangerofthought]

So North Sudan will be fucked over economically b/c south sudan has all the oil. North Sudanese will not be happy i suppose.

Can't see the N. Sudanese being upset by it since 99% of people voted for it to become a separate state. I'm also assuming that 99% of the Sudanese don't live in the south.

[Nuns On A Bus]

I could be wrong, but wasn't the vote just in the South deciding whether or not they wanted to secede? That could explain why 99% voted to split up...

[deFobbed14yrs]

Can't see the N. Sudanese being upset by it since 99% of people voted for it to become a separate state. I'm also assuming that 99% of the Sudanese don't live in the south.

I thought it was just the southern sudanese voting.

[Machu505]

Well, I doubt al-Bashir is too stoked on this.

[And Hours Pass]

Surprised that I did not see a thread.

An independence vote was held in January. 99% voted for an independent nation. Salva Kiir Mayardit was elected President, and the Republic of South Sudan will become independent sovereign state on July 9.

Multiple articles from Time

http://search.time.com/results.html?cmd=tags&D=south+sudan&sid=12E494E94B4F&Ntt=south+sudan&internalid=endeca_dimension&p=0&N=35&Nty=1&srchCat=Full+Archive

I'm surprised there isn't already a thread on this as well. Thanks for creating!

So North Sudan will be fucked over economically b/c south sudan has all the oil. North Sudanese will not be happy i suppose.

A large part of Northern Sudan was backing the government as it sent Arab militias into the south to decimate the area. I couldn't give a crap if the Northern Sudan's economy faulters a bit because they have less access to oil.

Can't see the N. Sudanese being upset by it since 99% of people voted for it to become a separate state. I'm also assuming that 99% of the Sudanese don't live in the south.

I thought it was just the southern sudanese voting.

The referendum took place in Southern Sudan so it was in all likelihood a vote dominated by the Southern Sudanese. Additionally, the results actually came out to be greater than the population of several Southern countries, so several southern countries' results are not being included. Even with that, results are still overwhelmingly for independence.

[dangerofthought]

I thought it was just the southern sudanese voting.

Totally missed that. Makes more sense to me now. Thanks for the heads-up, haha.

[JJW319]

I could be wrong, but wasn't the vote just in the South deciding whether or not they wanted to secede? That could explain why 99% voted to split up...

Yes, that is what the vote was for

[Colinmac36]

http://littledesignbook.in/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/sudan-ballot-paper.jpg

good find!

[sjb2k1]

a new country for sporcle.


but seriously lets talk pros and cons here....backlash etc. will this last?
but as long as we know how to spell krygyzstan we're good.

[deFobbed14yrs]

Totally missed that. Makes more sense to me now. Thanks for the heads-up, haha.

no prob, got cha!