自1月9日以來，蘇丹南方開始就是否獨(dú)立舉行公投，引發(fā)全球高度關(guān)注。如果南方最終選擇獨(dú)立，蘇丹將“一分為二”，失去非洲面積最大國家的頭銜，1956 年獨(dú)立的蘇丹將進(jìn)入新的歷史。蘇丹為何會走到如今的局面，蘇丹南部為何要就獨(dú)立公投，未來蘇丹將面臨什么新問題，所有這些都需要一一解答。
It’s a small sampling of voters, but the result was an overwhelming 99 percent show of southern Sudan’s desire for independence. Of 7198 votes cast by southern Sudanese at three polling centers in Ethiopia, 7137 were for secession from the north, 26 were for unity, and another 36 were either inval…