27 March 2010
US Urges “Civil” Secession Vote in Sudan
WASHINGTON DC, USA
US President Barack Obama’s special envoy to Sudan says his country is working to resolve various contentious issues in order to prevent a return to the 21-year civil war that ended in 2005.
With the semi-autonomous South showing all signs of determination to secede, US Special envoy Scott Gration said the US hopes next month’s general elections will pave way for a “civil divorce, not a civil war” after the 2011 referendum.
Two million people died and over four million fled their homes in the two decade war between the north and the south. [PE]