Behold the new nation

Chances are high that a new African country will be born tomorrow.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12136851

Southern Sudan will vote on independence on Sunday. Very likely they will achieve it; the North can't forge the votes because they don't control the South and in any case the South's government would forge the vote in favor of themselves.

So, some facts about Sudan (some you might've been aware of, others, maybe not).

( A closer look at the two Sudans )

Cross-posted to talk_politics