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South Sudan's Journey to Nationhood: Referendum: 'The Choice is Yours'

  • Dust from a UN helicopter blows across the airstrip after delivering ballots and other voting materials for the southern Sudan self-determination referendum.Tali, southern Sudan
  • A Dinka elder smokes his pipe outside of a registration center for the referendum. Eligible voters were registered in all regions of Sudan along with eight foreign countries with a large southern Sudanese Diaspora presence.Pachong, southern Sudan
  • The last members of President Omar Hassan al Bashir's delegation board the presidential jet as it prepares to depart Juba. President Bashir visited Juba days ahead of the southern Sudan self-determination referendum and committed to respecting the will of the voters.Juba, southern Sudan
  • Senior members of the Government of Southern Sudan leadership including President Salva Kiir Mayardit (in hat) watch as Sudan President Omar Hassan al Bashir's plane departs Juba after a visit to the southern capital in the run-up to the referendum.Juba, southern Sudan
  • Crowds wave banners in support of secession at a rally on the eve of the referendum.Juba, southern Sudan
  • Pagan Amum, the Secretary-General of the SPLM and the Government of South Sudan Minister of Peace and CPA implementation, speaks at a rally hosted by the SPLM Youth league on the eve of the historic self-determination referendum for South Sudan.Juba, southern Sudan
  • Barges ferrying southern Sudanese returnees arrive at the port of Juba as hundreds of thousands of people flooded into the south in advance of the referendum.Juba, southern Sudan
  • Southern Sudanese returned to the south by the hundreds of thousands using every available means of transportation.Malakal, southern Sudan
  • A southern Sudanese returnee sits in her makeshift shelter in the football stadium after arriving from northern Sudan. She waited for months for onward transportation to her home village.Malakal, southern Sudan
  • Long queues of voters begin forming the night before the open of polling in the referendum. Women waited to cast their ballots at Dr. John Garang's mausoleum.Juba, southern Sudan
  • President Salva Kiir Mayardit speaks to the public after casting the first ballot in the referendum.Juba, southern Sudan
  • Voters are given instructions on how to cast their ballots in the referendum. For many southern Sudanese it was their first experience voting.Juba, southern Sudan
  • A woman ululates as she waits in line to cast her ballot in the long-awaited self-determination referendum.Juba, southern Sudan
  • A voter places her thumbprint on the voting rolls before casting her ballot in the referendum.Malakal, southern Sudan
  • Results are tabulated at the Southern Sudan Referendum Bureau office.Juba, southern Sudan
  • President Salva Kiir Mayardit (center), Vice President Riek Machar and first lady Mary Ayen Mayardit as the results of the referendum are announced. The poll led to a near unanimous (98.83%) vote in favor of separation.Juba, southern Sudan
  • Soldiers from the Sudan Armed Forces load their equipment onto barges as they prepare to depart southern Sudan in advance of the partition of the country.Juba, southern Sudan
  • A soldier raises the South Sudanese flag during rehearsals for the independence celebration.Juba, southern Sudan
  • Citizens sing the new South Sudanese national anthem after the official proclamation of independence.Juba, South Sudan
  • Juba residents join impromptu street parties to celebrate independence.Juba, South Sudan
  • Intro
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    • A Shared Struggle: People & Cultures of South Sudan
    • We'll Make our Homes Here: Sudan at the Referendum
  • South Sudan's Journey to Nationhood
    • Referendum: 'The Choice is Yours'
    • The People: Portraits and Interviews
    • A Shifting Landscape
    • The ROOTS Project: Preserving Cultural Diversity
    • Returning Home: Darfur to South Sudan
  • Abyei: Caught Between Two Sudans
  • 25 States: Sudan before separation
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