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OVER 150 INMATES VOTE IN TORIT COUNTY

More than 150 inmates in Torit County joined the rest of South Sudan citizens to cast their votes in a referendum meant to determine...

REFERENDUM BABY GETS MULTIPLE NAMES

Torit residents are offering several names to the baby girl born on January 9, 2011. A 19-year old woman called Aneno Susan delivered a...

99 PERCENT VOTERS CAST BALLOTS IN TONJ SOUTH COUNTY

Ninety nine percent of the registered voters in Tonj South County, Warrap State, have already cast their ballots while 380 people are still to...

RUMBEK VOTING CENTRES PASS THE 60 PERCENT MARK

Most polling centres in Rumbek town have passed the 60 percent threshold of the registered voters. Freedom Square in the centre of Rumbek...

PRICES RISE IN RUMBEK TOWN MARKET

Shoppers at the big market of Rumbek town are complaining about the hike on prices of essential goods during the referendum exercise. Food...

VOTING PERIOD MAY BE EXTENDED IN AUSTRALIA

The referendum authorities announced today that voters registered for the referendum in Australia may get some extra days to cast their ballots due to...

JUBA PRISONERS VOTE IN REFERENDUM POLLS

Over 500 inmates serving their sentences at Juba Prison are voting in the referendum. SCR News spoke to Chol Nyong who was condemned for...

LOCAL OBSERVER GROUP SAYS 71 PERCENT ALREADY VOTED

The group called Countdown to Southern Sudan Referendum said 71 percent of the registered voters have already cast their ballots by Tuesday evening. John...

OLDEST VOTER PREFERS BRITISH RULERS TO ARABS

The oldest voter in the South Sudan referendum preferred the British colonial rule as she compared to the one of the Northern Arabs. Mama...

AU OBSERVATION TEAM VIEWS TRANSPARENCY

The African Union observers' leader said his team saw transparency and smoothness in the on-going polling for the south Sudan referendum. Victor Lwisi Tonchi...

MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS VOTE IN WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL

The registered voters in Western Bahr el Ghazal came in great numbers to the polling centres and by Tuesday more than two thirds had...

LAKES POLLING CENTRE WELL BEHIND SOUTH SUDAN TURNOUT

One Lakes Sate polling centre is lagging behind the South Sudan turnout and only 42 percent of its registrants voted after four days. Mark...

TONJ TOWN MAIN POLLING STATION EMPTY

The main polling station in Tonj town, Warrap State, is empty after over 90 percent of its registered voters have already cast their ballots....

CONFLICT COULD HARM FOOD SECURITY IN SOUTHERN SUDAN, SAYS UN

The U.N. food and agriculture agencies warned that recent gains in food security in Sudan could be reversed by a hike in prices and...

SPLM SAYS 60 PERCENT REFERENDUM THRESHOLD ALREADY ACHIEVED

The sixty percent voter participation requirement for the referendum to be valid was been already pass, the SPLM said. SPLM Deputy Secretary General for...

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