Submitted by: Angela Stephens, USAID Africa Bureau Today it was announced that in a landslide vote nearly 99% of southern Sudanese voters opted to secede from Sudan. The Government of Sudan has formally accepted the outcome, an important step in preserving peace in a region that has suffered through decades of war. But just weeks [...]
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Witnessing History in Southern Sudan
By Angela Stephens, Development Outreach and Communications Officer Juba, Sudan—One of the most inspiring and humbling parts of observing the referendum on southern Sudan’s self-determination was being in the room at a referendum center as votes were counted the night polling ended. At the center where I observed, Lologo Center in Juba, five Sudanese poll [...]
Celebrating Southern Sudanese Freedom to Determine Their Future
By Bill Hammink, USAID/Sudan Mission Director JUBA—It has been an uplifting and moving week in Sudan, as we have witnessed the joy and resolve of millions of southern Sudanese as they exercise their right to vote in the referendum on self-determination promised to them in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended more than 20 [...]
USAID/Zimbabwe Unveils Audio and Voting Equipment to Support Good Governance at Parliament
Submitted by Cary R. Jimenez (DOC-Zimbabwe) USAID/Zimbabwe has made a major donation of audio equipment to the Parliament of Zimbabwe. In a ceremony at the Zimbabwe Parliament on September 22, Ambassador Charles Ray and USAID Director Karen Freeman formally handed over a new sound archiving and voting system worth about USD$500, 000. The equipment will [...]
