Reuters/Antony Njuguna - Sudanese displaced people walk in front of a Sudanese soldier at Abushock camp in northern Darfur region of Sudan.
Past Event
The Sudan Referendum: Dangers and Possibilities
October 13, 2010
Sudan’s north-south civil war was the longest conflict in African history and claimed more than two million lives, and on January 9, 2011, a referendum will take place, allowing the southern Sudanese to vote on whether to remain part of Sudan or to gain independence. On October 13, Foreign Policy at Brookings hosted a discussion of the prospects for the Sudan referendum featuring Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ).