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South Sudan started rolling out its new currency on Monday — the South Sudan Pound — escalating a point of simmering disagreement with Khartoum.
For the southern Sudanese it was a night to stay out dancing. For people in Khartoum it was a time of sadness mixed with defiance.
Thousands of South Sudanese danced in the streets on Saturday to mark their long-awaited independence.
When north and south Sudan split into separate countries on July 9, their capitals will already be worlds apart.
At least 20 people died in a shoot-out between Sudanese soldiers in a southern town, the military said, warning there was a risk of more clashes.
Turnout at south Sudan’s independence referendum has defied gloomy expectations and is almost guaranteed to reach the 60% needed for a valid poll.
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir made his final trip to the southern capital, Juba, on Tuesday before a January 9 vote on secession.
Millions of ballot papers were delivered to South Sudan on Wednesday, removing one uncertainty ahead of a referendum on southern independence.
Ugandan police have found an unexploded suicide vest and made a number of arrests after coordinated bomb blasts killed at least 76 people on Sunday.
More than a dozen mining firms are now working in Eritrea, but villagers are also increasingly using their bare hands to claim some of the riches.
The United States committed ,7-billion on Wednesday to help fight HIV infection in Kenya.
Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said on Wednesday that years of interference by neighbouring countries had fuelled the violence in Somalia.
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