NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–7 January 2011 – As Southern Sudan gears up for a week-long independence referendum starting on Sunday that could split Africa’s largest country in two, the United Nations is ramping up its multiple roles, from monitoring the vote to providing aid to returning southerners to preparing options for a worst-case scenario, however unlikely, of renewed warfare.
In a referendum eve statement today, Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon praised the National Government and the Southern Sudanese regional…
