Former pro-Khartoum fighters began creating violence today when the group was asked to surrender their heavy weaponry. This call for the surrendering of weaponry comes as a preventative measure preparing for the succession of Southern Sudan. As of now, the number of dead is about 20, but is expected to rise. Currently the SPLA as well as UN peacekeepers are manning a buffer zone between the newly defined territories in attempts to quell this violence. This is just a taste of the potential violence to be felt throughout the Sudan region culminating in the international recognition of Southern Sudan as a sovereign state on July 9th.
Megan Smith
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