Separation fears for stranded south Sudan returnees
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KHARTOUM — In a makeshift camp on the outskirts of Khartoum for south Sudanese awaiting transport back home, Kushak Gumlon’s wife has just given birth. But he has no idea if he can take his family with him.
“We have been here for one month and 20 days. And still we are waiting for the trucks,” says the 60-year-old father of eight, sitting inside a cramped tent.
His anxieties vanish and he beams with pride as he lifts the red cloth protecting the sleeping baby from the flies.
Infisal was born in the Dar al-Naim camp four days before the final results of last month’s landmark referendum on southern independence were confirmed, and Kushak gave him the Arabic name for the vote’s landslide outcome: Separation..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110214com3.html
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