Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Fears Of Civil War Escalates As South Sudan Prepares For Independence Vote


South Sudan Independence Vote Stokes Concerns -- L.A. Times

The southern region is expected to pass a referendum in January to secede from the north, but the U.S. and others, who support the vote, fear it could ignite a civil war.

Sudan is less than four months away from a vote that is expected to break it into two countries, a move that could spark another civil war and imperil the Obama administration's efforts to calm a troubled swath of East Africa marked by tribal conflict, oil wealth and gunrunning.

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More News On War Fears As South Sudan Prepares For Independence Vote

Sudan slow to act on referendum, official says: Any vote delay risks 'return to violence' -- Washington Times
Violent Intertribal Clashes May Occur in Event of South Sudan Separation -- Sudan Vision
Sudan 'too slow' on referendum: Norway -- AFP
S.Sudan leader warns of violence if vote delayed -- Reuters
U.N.: Sudan not prepared for January vote -- UPI
Sudan Rejects Foreign ‘Intervention’ Ahead of Referendum -- Voice of America
Obama amps up intervention to prevent Sudan war -- Christian Science Monitor
Obama to deliver 'forceful message' at UN Sudan talks -- AFP
US, China brace for Sudan trainwreck -- Peter Lee, Asia Times
Can the Obama administration defuse a time bomb' in Sudan? -- Washington Post editorial

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