Worries mount ahead of Sudan split
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KHARTOUM — Three months before south Sudan splits from the north, talks are under way in Ethiopia on a peaceful separation, but with much still to be resolved and some southerners deeply anxious about the future.
“Separation is a big mistake. The country is not ready for it,” said Atem, 30, who lives in Haj Yussef, a predominantly southern district in Khartoum, and who voted for unity in January’s referendum on southern independence.
Atem is set to lose his police job next month, when southerners employed in north Sudan’s public sector, including 40,000 in the police, army and national security forces, start being laid off unless a deal is reached.
Hundreds of thousands of southerners have already left, including most of Atem’s friends and family, who are from Bor in troubled Jonglei state..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110412com6.html
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