BREAKING NEWS

Over 99 pct in Southern Sudan vote for secession

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

JANUARY 30, 2011 14:21

JUBA, Sudan — Southern Sudan's referendum commission said Sunday that more than 99 percent of voters in the south opted for secession according to the first official primary results released since the vote was held earlier this month.

The head of the commission's southern bureau, Justice Chan Reec Madut, said in the region's capital of Juba that voter turnout in the 10 states in the south was also 99 percent. He said more than 60 percent of eligible voters turned out in the country's north, 58 percent of whom voted for secession.

The chairman of the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission, Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil, said 99 percent of Sudanese voters in eight nations also voted for secession.

Final results from the referendum were scheduled to be announced in February.

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