Sudan Referendum Won’t Be Delayed, U.S. Envoy Gration Says
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A referendum to determine Sudan’s political future will take place in January as scheduled, the U.S. envoy to the country, Scott Gration, said today.
Southern Sudan is set to vote Jan. 9 on whether to remain united with Northern Sudan or form an independent country. The vote is the centerpiece of a 2005 peace deal that ended a 21-year civil war between the Muslim north and Christian and animist south.