Skip to main content

South Sudan vote behind schedule


The United Nation is hosting a special summit on Sudan this Friday, which will discuss the planned referendum vote in South the country.

Barak Obama, the US president, will be among the leaders attending the meeting in New York.

The referendum will determine whether the south should be independent from the north.

Popular posts from this blog

Darfur refugee camp 'hiding rebels'

Sudan's governemnt has accused Darfur's largest refugee camp of harbouring rebel fighters. The Kalma camp is the only one that is permanently protected by United Nations and African Union forces, but residents fear they may be driven out as the military threatens to take action. Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from the camp.