Business Recorder - World - Africa https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:51:25 +0500 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:51:25 +0500 60 South Sudan votes 98.83 percent to secede: official https://www.brecorder.com/news/2199/south-sudan-votes-9883-percent-to-secede-official <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" alt=" " src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/southern_sudan.jpg" width="674" height="388" />KHARTOUM: Final results posted by the South Sudan Referendum Commission on Monday confirmed that 98.83 percent of southerners backed secession in last month's historic independence vote.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">The results, posted on screens at an announcement ceremony in Khartoum, showed that, out of the 3,837,406 valid votes cast, only 44,888 ballots, or 1.17 percent, supported the status quo of unity with the north.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><Center /><b><i>Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011</b></i></center></p> KHARTOUM: Final results posted by the South Sudan Referendum Commission on Monday confirmed that 98.83 percent of southerners backed secession in last month's historic independence vote.

The results, posted on screens at an announcement ceremony in Khartoum, showed that, out of the 3,837,406 valid votes cast, only 44,888 ballots, or 1.17 percent, supported the status quo of unity with the north.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011

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