Tag Archives: Referendum

Referendum Analysis: Zimbabwe Lets Unite

March 22, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Ignatius Dube, ZLU Reporter Sheffield ZIMBABWE LETS UNITE welcomes the recent move in the referendum but the point is most people don’t even know or understand it at all. Some think it’s a new political party, others think it’s a … read more »

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Egypt: Brotherhood claims Islamist-backed constitution has passed

December 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood claimed Sunday that the Islamist-backed constitution has passed with a 64 percent “yes” vote, the day after the final voting in a two-round referendum that deeply divided the country. The constitution’s critics however may contest the outcome. … read more »

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Canada to recognize southern Sudan: Harper

February 8, 2011 by benim

OTTAWA — Canada will recognize southern Sudan as an independent state later this year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday as he praised its landmark independence referendum. The referendum was “a historic moment for the country” and a “critical step” … read more »

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Too many votes in South Sudan

January 24, 2011 by benim

Juba – Preliminary results from Southern Sudan’s independence referendum indicate a landslide vote for secession, but turnout exceeded 100% in several areas, and a top election official said on Sunday that some results were being quarantined. Voter turnout exceeded 100% … read more »

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Sudan Historic vote ends Saturday

January 15, 2011 by benim

A weeklong vote in Sudan wraps up Saturday, bringing the country closer to a historic decision that could split it into two. Nearly 4 million people were registered to vote in the referendum that will determine whether Southern Sudan should … read more »

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South Sudan voters die in ambush

January 11, 2011 by benim

At least 11 more people have been killed in violence over southern Sudan’s historic referendum, officials have said. Major General Gier Chuang Aluong, South Sudan’s interior minister, said 10 people making their way to vote were killed in an ambush … read more »

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Southern Sudanese in U.S. to vote on independence

January 7, 2011 by benim

Thousands of Southern Sudanese immigrants will cast votes in eight U.S. cities starting Sunday to decide whether their region of the country will part ways with northern Sudan and its government. At stake is whether Africa will see its first … read more »

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Nearly 4 million Sudanese to vote on independence

January 4, 2011 by benim

Almost 4 million southern Sudanese, or roughly half the south’s population, have registered to take part in an independence referendum next week that is likely to split Africa’s largest country in two, officials said on Monday. The U.S. State Department … read more »

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South Sudan vote clears hurdle as ballot forms arrive

December 22, 2010 by benim

Millions of ballot papers were delivered to south Sudan on Wednesday, removing one uncertainty ahead of a referendum on southern independence scheduled for next month. The January 9 referendum has been fraught with delays and logistical problems, and organisers had … read more »

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Governing party in South Sudan campaigns for independence

December 14, 2010 by benim

The Sudan People’s People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) announced that it supports a vote for independence. The announcement is significant since the position contradcts the terms of the 2005 peace agreement ending a long and bloody civil war with the north. … read more »

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US says Sudan out of time on Abyei referendum

December 14, 2010 by benim

Sudan has run out of time to organize a referendum on the future of its disputed Abyei region, meaning the North and South must agree to a political solution for the oil-rich territory, a senior U.S. official said on Monday. … read more »

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Sudan group in legal challenge to independence vote

December 12, 2010 by benim

Lawyers for a Sudanese campaign group launched a legal bid on Sunday to halt Sudan’s referendum on southern independence, accusing organisers of mishandling the process, a move which could derail the January 9 vote. A group calling itself the Society … read more »

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South Sudan’s January 9 independence vote in doubt

December 1, 2010 by benim

Sudan has asked the United Nations to reopen a tender to print ballot papers for the south’s referendum on secession which will likely delay the vote set for January 9, diplomats and observers said on Wednesday. The referendum commission planning … read more »

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Another war in Sudan could cost $100 bln: report

November 25, 2010 by benim

The cost to Sudan and its neighbours of any return to civil war sparked by January’s referendum on independence for southern Sudan could total $100 billion, a report said on Thursday. The south is widely expected to choose independence in … read more »

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Low registration stokes Sudan referendum row

November 22, 2010 by benim

Just 9,000 out of half a million south Sudanese in the north of the country have registered to vote in an independence referendum, officials said Monday, adding to a growing row over the credibility of the poll. The oil-producing south … read more »

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South Sudan queues to register for independence vote

November 15, 2010 by benim

Hundreds of south Sudanese queued to start registering for their long-awaited independence referendum on Monday, their first concrete step towards a vote that could split Africa’s largest country in two. The move came as northern and southern leaders agreed they … read more »

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Sudan: Holding referendum on time will be a miracle

October 28, 2010 by benim

Conducting the referendum process during the remaining short period will be a complete miracle, said the head of the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission today. Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil made the remarks following a meeting in the Sudanese capital Khartoum with the … read more »

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Sudan gets long-delayed referendum voter books

October 25, 2010 by benim

Printers delivered hundreds of thousands of registration books for Sudan’s southern independence referendum on Sunday, clearing a major hurdle in delayed preparations for the vote, organisers said. U.S. Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, said after … read more »

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South Sudan referendum body sets vote timetable

October 22, 2010 by benim

he Southern Sudan Referendum Commission (SSRC) has finally released a full timetable of the exercise and submitted its budget proposal to the presidency, reported Sudan’s official news agency SUNA on Thursday. Head of South Sudan referendum commission Mohammed Ibrahim Khalil … read more »

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Sudan says referendum may need to be postponed

October 20, 2010 by benim

Sudan’s defense minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein became the most senior official from the National Congress Party (NCP) in control of the north, to explicitly suggest that the referendum in the South has to be moved back from its original date … read more »

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Sudan Abyei vote deadline ‘impossible’: north

October 15, 2010 by benim

North Sudanese leaders said on Thursday it was impossible to hold a referendum on the future of the country’s disputed, oil-rich Abyei region on time and that the poll could be delayed or settled without a vote. An official from … read more »

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