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21 January 2011 Last updated at 13:28 GMT


Southern Sudan referendum: 'Massive vote to split'

With most votes counted in Southern Sudan's referendum, 99% of people have opted for independence from the north, officials say.

Official results are due next month but correspondents say the outcome of the week-long poll is not in doubt.

However, the former rebels now running oil-rich Southern Sudan have urged people not to celebrate yet.

President Omar al-Bashir has said he will accept the result of the vote, which was held after years of war.

The BBC's Peter Martell in Juba says this is the news many in the south have been waiting to hear - that the number of votes cast in favour of independence has passed the required 50%.

The results were published on a website published by the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission, and officials have confirmed they are genuine.

It says that 83% of votes in the south have been counted, along with 100% of those in the north and the eight foreign countries where polling was held.

Just 1.4% of people have voted for continued unity with the north.

More than 3m ballots have been counted so far, with several hundred thousands still to come.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12252699

Dats what we need in nigeria. Thank God US n UN is preparing for it

^^ hmm, no comment on naija case lol. The southern sudanese have suffered in d hands of d north for far too long. They own the green vegetation. . .d oil and the food, yet they are 2nd-classed in their own country. I'm very happy for them and hope self rule won't be a problem for them.

kai! hunger go kill northerners ooo. . .with all dz desert i'm seeing, Umar el- Bashir go soon beg for bread.

[size=18pt]Southern Nigeria referendum[/size]

Is this the begining of the end of the dyfunctional colonial constructed State in Africa

Southern Nigerians should also be given a choice to vote on separation because Nigeria is already
logically split.

Moreover, it should not be the preserve of the relatively few bourgeois within
the country to deprive the masses from voting on the issue. LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE !!!

99%? That's whopping.

good long live BIAFRA

lol @ShangoThor;
guy, ur naija map seems to divide naija into 2 equal parts with Abuja as boundary.

^^^^ that isn't my map, it's a graphical illustration of the States in the North that have implemented Sharia Law.

It supports my argument that Nigeria is already logically split.