Christian South Sudan Prepares For Secession To Escape Islamic North

From Creeping Sharia:

South Sudan prepares for secession, to escape Islamic north


Posted on October 31, 2010 by creeping

This time its Christians seeking to preserve a piece of their African nation as Arabs and Muslims wreak havoc from the North. Sudan’s genocidal war criminal of a president may prevent the referendum from taking place.





When people hear of conflict in Sudan, they tend to think about Darfur, the western region where fighting since 2003 has killed some quarter-million people and forced nearly two million from their homes.



But another conflict is brewing over the fate of oil-rich Southern Sudan. And it could come to a head on or before January 9, less than 90 days from now. That’s when heavily Christian South Sudan is scheduled to vote on whether to break away from the predominantly Muslim north.



The January vote was scheduled under a 2005 peace accord ending a 21-year civil war between the two regions. As a temporary solution, Southern Sudan was given limited autonomy and the promise of a secession vote in 2011.



But, recently, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and other top officials in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, have sent mixed signals about whether they will be ready for the vote, allow the vote, or abide by its results.



Complicating matters further, a tiny oil-producing district along the north-south border, Abyei, has its own plebiscite scheduled the same day on whether to remain in the north or join the south if it votes to secede.



The governments of north and south can’t even agree on who should be allowed to vote in Abyei. President Bashir warned last week that failure to resolve other thorny issues, like how to share oil revenues, before the referenda could trigger a conflict much more serious than the previous civil war.



via As Sudan Prepares for Secession Vote, Fears of Unrest Intensify