Ahead of Southern Sudan's split from the North, a "mapping community" to help plot areas of need has popped up.
Following a peaceful referendum for southern independence earlier this year, other parts of Sudan are the source of renewed concern. In Darfur, escalating violence is forcing tens of thousands to flee to already bulging refugee camps.
As residents of southern Sudan vote on a referendum to secede from the north or stay one country, dozens have been killed in new violence. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro checks in with Ray Suarez from the southern capital…
Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from a town that will be near the border if Sudan splits into two countries following its vote on secession. The town, which bears the scars of decades of civil war, has already…
From rising tensions on the Korean peninsula to the potential birth of a nation in Africa, the following are stories the NewsHour's foreign affairs beat is tracking in the coming year.
Less than 30 percent of people in southern Sudan have access to adequate health care. Widespread disease is threatening to overwhelm the African nation, where an upcoming secession referendum appears likely to create a new country. Special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye…
In the first of two reports, special correspondent Jeffrey Kaye examines the mood in Sudan leading up to a referendum that could split the war-torn country in two. He reports from the southern city of Juba, which is poised to…
As Sudan prepares for a vote in January on whether the south will split from the north, one of the African nation's challenges is how to inform an electorate with a high illiteracy rate on how to vote.
In January, southern Sudanese will vote on whether they want to stay with the north or become their own country. Posters touting the separation of the south are planted all over the walls in the southern city of Juba --…
A referendum on Sudan's contested border town of Abyei might not happen Jan. 9 as planned, said a representative of the Government of Southern Sudan on Tuesday, and legal challenges to the vote on southern secession already have begun.
Additional Support Provided By:
