Timeline and map: On the ballot, nationhood

Southern Sudanese began voting Sunday on whether to break away from Sudan and form Africa's newest nation. The referendum is part of a peace accord reached in 2005 that ended a long civil war, separate from the conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Official results are expected in several weeks.

By Tiffany Harness, Gene Thorp and Laura Stanton/The Washington Post - Jan. 10, 2011

This Story Young refugees in D.C. area consider the potential of southern Sudan's secession Article \| Dozens of Sudanese refugees were lined up on a street in Old Town Alexandria, poised to vote for the creation of a new nation from a cardboard booth 6,000 miles away. They sang. They danced. They shouted, "Oye south Sudan!" Southern Sudan: On the cusp of independence With hope for the future, southern Sudanese begin voting on independence referendum Timeline and map: On the ballot, nationhood Southern Sudan on cusp of independence as voters heads to polls Sunday For southern Sudan, a historic vote for independence Birth of a new country Sudan president: I'll support south if it secedes Sudan vote comes together after rocky Obama effort to prevent violence This Story 'I never dreamed this day would come' Article \| IN KWORIJIK BUNGO, SUDAN The villagers of this southern hamlet remember rapes, beatings and killings by the Arab soldiers of the north Sudanese army who set up a military camp here two decades ago. As war broke out, the soldiers torched their huts. The entire village of 200 vanished, its surviving... Timeline and map: On the ballot, nationhood		Network News X Profile View More Activity TOOLBOX E-Mail This Reprints		More on washingtonpost.com • More World News » washingtonpost.com
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