 JUBA, 20 May 2010 (IRIN) - Southern Sudan will in early 2011 hold a referendum to determine whether to remain part of a united Sudan or become a separate state. The referendum was a core component of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended decades of conflict between the Southern Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the Khartoum government.
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 The elected President of the Government of Southern Sudan, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, was sworn in today, May 21, 2010, by Justice J. Wol Makec, the President of the Supreme Court of Southern Sudan. The colorful inauguration ceremony took place at Dr. John Garang’s mausoleum, in the Southern Sudanese capital, Juba.
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