New flag of Southern Sudan.

The new flag of Southern Sudan.

The major ethnicity of South Sudan.

2011 South Sudan gains independence and secedes from Sudan.

Ken analyses the challenges of self rule in Southern Sudan The spotlight is on the political elite in the South.

The language of the Nuer, another numerous South Sudanese people.

This post is part of our special coverage South Sudan Referendum 2011. Voters in Southern Sudan went to the polls today to decide whether to separate or remain part of Sudan.

These are photos documenting Southern Sudan's landmark referendum.

It is bordered by Eritrea to the north and northeast, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south.

Bordering Ethiopia are Sudan and South Sudan to the west, Djibouti and Eritrea to the north, Somalia to the east and Kenya to the south.

Sons of the Sudan, summoned now to serve,Shoulder the task of preserving our country.

The language of Nubia, extending today from southern Egypt into northern Sudan.

With South Sudan s independence,the rest of Arab dominated Sudan could face further division, with Darfur leaving next.

The meaning of the colors Black the Southern Sudanese people, Red the blood shed for freedom, Green the land, Blue the waters of the river Nile Gold Star unity of the states of Southern Sudan.

References External links Dinka mythology

This post is part of our special coverage South Sudan Referendum 2011. A referendum is currently taking place in Southern Sudan from 9 January until 15 January 2011 to decide whether or not the south should remain a part Sudan or be an independent state.

The Second Sudanese Civil War erupts in 1983 between the Muslim government of Sudan in the north and non Muslim rebel secessionists in Southern Sudan.

Southern Sudan TV can't spell Arabic properly صويت instead of صوت .

This post is part of our special coverage South Sudan Referendum 2011. Southern Sudan has officially become Africa's newest nation after Southern Sudanese voted for secession from the north.

A woman in Southern Sudan showing off her ink marked finger after voting.

It is currently restricted to small regions in South Sudan, Tanzania and northern Uganda.

In southern Sudan, another civil war saw similar use of starvation as a means of genocide.

Only Liechtenstein, Nauru, Somalia, South Sudan, Timor Leste and Tuvalu are not Party to the Convention.

This post is part of our special coverage South Sudan Referendum 2011.

The Sahel covers parts of (from west to east) Senegal, southern Mauritania, central Mali, northern Burkina Faso, extreme south of Algeria, Niger, extreme north of Nigeria, central Chad, central and southern Sudan, northern South Sudan and northern Eritrea.

She grew up in Sudan, in Southern Sudan, for 20 years of war, where it killed one million people and displaced five million refugees.

Sudan was the largest country in Africa and the Arab world until 2011, when South Sudan separated into an independent country, following an independence referendum.

As Kosti Manibe Ngai, South Sudan s finance minister, has put it, Nothing about us without us.

In January 2011 referendum on independence for Southern Sudan was held, and the South voted overwhelmingly to secede later that year as the Republic of South Sudan, with its capital at Juba and Kiir Mayardit as its first president.

South Sudan is going to be having a referendum in 2011 in which it is very likely to vote itself independence.

In southern Sudan, another civil war saw similar use of starvation as a means of genocide.

Maggie Fick believes that Africa s newest country, South Sudan is starting off on the wrong foot There has been heavy fighting between the Southern army and an intractable local rebel movement, clashes between fractious units of the northern Sudanese army deployed in the south, an ugly police abuse scandal, and the assassination of a government minister in his office...

The referendum is part of the 2005 Naivasha Agreement between the Khartoum central government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army Movement and may see the division of South Sudan from the rest of the country.

Since it is almost certain that Southern Sudan will secede, what will be the new name for Africa's new child?

In addition, he has facilitated the construction of 12 basketball courts and locker rooms in South Sudan.

Abuk is the first woman in the myths of the Dinka people of South Sudan and the Nuer of South Sudan and Ethiopia, who call her Buk.

The Kakwa are an ethnic group of Nilotic origin residing in northwestern Uganda, south westernSouth Sudan, and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

This post is part of our special coverage South Sudan Referendum 2011. South Sudan's independence referendum and the likelihood of its separation today has hit a raw nerve with some Arab netizens.

It has land borders with Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Chad, and Libya.

This post is part of our special coverage South Sudan Referendum 2011. Alun McDonald and David McKenzie are posting regular updates on their Twitter accounts from Southern Sudan where voters are taking part in a referendum on whether the region should remain a part of Sudan or be independent.

Sudanese elections would pave the road for a 2011 South Sudan referendum, which might change the geographic boundaries of the largest country in Africa forever. Please join me in finding out what is happening in the Sudan from bloggers in Sudan and the Diaspora.

It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the southwest by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania.

With its capital at Asmara, it is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast.

In South Sudan, Africa s newest state, massacres of civilians are still taking place, particularly around the city of Bor.

The ten countries Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, and Tunisia accounted for 81 of Africa s private consumption in 2011.