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A section of South Sudanese during the 2011 referendum when they overwhelmingly voted to secede from Sudan.

South Sudanese Bishop Supports Post-Election Referendum to Resolve States’ Controversy

Dec 10, 2019

Weeks after a South Sudanese Bishop recommended that the controversy around boundaries and the number of states in his country be resolved through engaging citizens in a poll, the Government of the world’s youngest nation announced Friday, December 6 that the divisive issue of states will require a referendum, a move the Bishop has once again welcomed.

The 28 States of South Sudan decreed by President Salva Kiir in October 2015

On Contention about States in South Sudan, Bishop Recommends Engaging Citizens

Nov 12, 2019

One of the reasons for the latest postponement of the formation of a unity government in South Sudan, a power-sharing government that would see the leader of opposition Dr. Riek Machar sworn in a Vice-President, is the arrangement of the boundaries of states in the world’s youngest country, including the number of states.

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South Sudanese Bishop Supports Post-Election Referendum to Resolve States’ Controversy

On Contention about States in South Sudan, Bishop Recommends Engaging Citizens

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