Not getting a lot of press, but there is a major referendum in the Sudan later this month, and the black areas in the south are threatening to secede. International help may be needed to help "birth" these new nations.
the problem? The south has oil, and there are issues about the Nile water being diverted.
Story and map at the African Executive:
LA Times story HERE.
Bet you don't know this fact:
Southern Sudan, emerging from 20 years of civil war that cost 2 million lives, is one of the least developed regions in the world, and yet it is likely to become the newest country on the planet.
I'm aware of it because I worked with a doctor who was from Southern Sudan: he fled to a refugee camp, and some missionaries arranged for him and some other boys from the camp to get an education. He couldn't return home for fear of being killed, but was working at a mission hospital in rural Liberia at the time I left there. And this was 1980, so the war has been going on more than 20 years.
No comments:
Post a Comment