Monday, January 10, 2011

South Sudn becomes a refugee area in the heart of secesin referendum

The referendum held in South Sudan to become the 53 th State of Africa and spread to Khartoum begins to cause problems. The number of returnees who are coming to the area threaten to create a humanitarian crisis. From Khartoum ships arriving every day about 600 people on board. These ships are in poor condition with a platform where all crowded, outdoor, living and cooking as they can.

The UN estimates that some 2,000 people arriving each day and since October has increased by 140,000, not counting those who continue to arrive daily. The area is becoming a place of refugees, people settled on the banks of the Nile because they have no where to go in Juba. They start to have problems with food and water.

Aware of the problem, the UN and the European Union try to keep things under control and will do everything possible to not get any worse. To do this they will start taking people to other parts of Southern Sudan. The vote follows less today than yesterday. Despite having all week to vote, thousands of people flocked to the polls yesterday hours before the polls opened.

"We have come so early because we have been waiting for this life," said Ateny Wek, 47, a suit for the occasion. "Those who were born in war, grew up in war. We only had 11 years of peace to go to school. At last we have a country they feel responsible." The meeting place of the school authorities was installed beside the grave of John Garang de Mabior, the hero of South Sudan, died in a helicopter crash in 2005.

So there he went Salva Kir Mayardit, president of the region and the first vote, at eight o'clock. Before thousands of people, the leader of the South, cane in hand and cowboy hat, made the same journey as his countrymen, was recorded, was hidden in a booth made of cardboard to ensure that their vote was secret ballot introduced the urn and then showed the palm of your hand with ink-stained fingers as a sign that his vote was in favor of secession.

Significantly, the vote of southern Sudanese living in Kenya, who are flocking in droves to vote in open schools. Of the approximately 60,000 southern Sudanese are registered to vote abroad, more than 15,000 are in Kenya, including 5,000 in Nairobi, another 5,000 in the Kakuma refugee camp and the rest elsewhere.
Posted by Manlio Gandolfi at 11:46 AM

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