Over 99% of Southern Sudanese vote for secession from north

The chairman of the National Election Commission, Mr. Mohamed Khalil Ibrahim, said on Sunday that the preliminary results shows more than 99% of electors in South Sudan voted to separate from the north in a referendum intended to put an end to decades of civil war in the country.

"The number of votes cast in southern provinces in favor of the separation of the South amounted to 99.57%," Mohamed Khalil Ibrahim said.