Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/sudanese-in-us-see-referendum-vote-as-new-hope-for-homeland Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Sudanese in U.S. See Referendum Vote as New Hope for Homeland Arts Jan 7, 2011 6:01 PM EDT Sudan begins voting Sunday on a referendum that will decide whether the South will secede from the North. On Friday’s NewsHour, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from South Sudan on how one town is getting ready for the vote. Fred’s reporting is a partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Undertold Stories Project at Saint Mary’s University in Minnesota. The Pulitzer Center has also been reporting on the Sudanese diaspora in the U.S., the hardships they have faced since leaving Sudan and their hopes for a new nation and the role they might play in it. In this report, hear from some Sudanese in Washington, D.C.: Video by Jake Naughton of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now
Sudan begins voting Sunday on a referendum that will decide whether the South will secede from the North. On Friday’s NewsHour, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from South Sudan on how one town is getting ready for the vote. Fred’s reporting is a partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the Undertold Stories Project at Saint Mary’s University in Minnesota. The Pulitzer Center has also been reporting on the Sudanese diaspora in the U.S., the hardships they have faced since leaving Sudan and their hopes for a new nation and the role they might play in it. In this report, hear from some Sudanese in Washington, D.C.: Video by Jake Naughton of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now