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The preliminary results of the referendum on an independence for Southern Sudan will be announced in the next few days, with final results as early as February 7; most of the count in the south already completed shows 99% voted for independence.
2011-01-26

36 people killed including possibly 20 police as Southern Sudan votes on referendum on independence.
2011-01-10

People in Southern Sudan vote in a referendum on independence.
2011-01-9

Several people are killed in clashes with security forces in Southern Sudan, a day before the independence referendum.
2011-01-8

The United Nations says thousands of people are arriving in Southern Sudan from north Sudan ahead of the independence referendum on Sunday.
2011-01-7

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir goes to Juba to meet with Southern Sudanese President of the Government Salva Kiir Mayardit ahead of Southern Sudan's independence referendum.
2011-01-4

The Constitutional Court in Sudan agrees to hear a petition by lawyers for the dissolution of the body organising the referendum on Southern Sudan's independence.
2010-12-15

Fears mount that the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, which has ties to the Sudanese government, is poised to destabilize South Sudan as it prepares for a referendum on independence.
2010-10-18

The Council votes to extend the mandate for the mission to Darfur as South Sudan prepares for a referendum on self-determination; China abstains.
2010-10-15

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir accuses authorities in Southern Sudan of breaching a peace deal and warns of a possible new conflict if issues are not resolved before the independence referendum.
2010-10-10