Bashir says to accept south Sudan's secession vote
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Monday he would accept the vote of the south to secede, hours before the release of final results of an independence referendum.
The January 9 referendum capped a 2005 north-south peace deal, with the goal of ending a vicious cycle of civil war that has destabilised the region for decades. The final result is expected to confirm a 99 percent vote to split from the north. "Today we will announce in front of the entire world our acceptance and respect for the choice of the people of the south," Bashir told supporters in Khartoum. (Reuters)
