
The Great divorce is scheduled for this January 9, 2011, as part of the peace agreement that was signed in 2005 to end the two decades civil war in which an estimated 2 million people lost their lives. Sudaneses all around the globe ended their registration last month with an estimated 3 million people registered and ready to cast their votes. Despites all the tension generated by the current regime in Khartoum led by President Omar al-Bashir, it appears that Sudaneses are ready to vote for the split of the largest Africa's country.
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement, which has run the south since the 2005 pact was signed, declared at the weekend it wouldn't accept a delay "even for a single day."
Battle for the Oil
Some three-quarters of Sudan's oil production of 500,000 barrels a day come from the south. Oil accounts for 98 percent of the South's budget source. Under the 2005 pact, this revenue is shared between the two sides but that could stop if the south secedes.
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