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South Sudan voted overwhelmingly to declare its independence in final results of a referendum made public on Monday, with a total of 98,83%.

Hundreds of Sudanese packed into a hall in Khartoum late on Thursday for the country’s first public debate on independent rule for south.

Côte d’Ivoire need to score a hatful of goals against North Korea to have any chance of reaching the World Cup second round

Two-thirds of soccer enthusiasts in 23 nations feel the first World Cup finals on African soil has become too expensive for fans to enjoy.

With voters hunkered down for hours on benches or sheltering under trees from the baking sun, Sudan’s elections got off to an often chaotic start.

South Sudan’s main party said on Tuesday it would boycott elections in most states in northern Sudan, in a further blow to the poll.

Sudan’s former rebels launched their campaign on Sunday for the nation’s first multiparty elections in 24 years.

Up to 30 villagers were killed and 40 wounded when armed men riding horses and camels attacked a village in the Darfur region of western Sudan, an African Union official said on…