ASSESSMENTS
Unrest, Opposition Shift Sudan's Focus
Feb 1, 2011 | 20:44 GMT
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Summary
The preliminary results of the Southern Sudan secession referendum — showing that 99.57 percent voted in favor of secession — were released Jan. 30 and publicly endorsed by the ruling National Congress Party in Khartoum. However, the simultaneous emergence of pro-democracy opposition protests like those seen in Tunisia and Egypt, along with pressure from northern opposition parties for a larger role in government, has rapidly shifted Khartoum's focus away from dealing with the south to regime control, if not survival, in the north.
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