There are growing concerns about the two million Southerners
living in the north after last month's vote for separation
Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of Africa's newest state
in July, was in demand at the 24-31 January African Union summit
in Addis Ababa. In the AU conference centre, he was courted by
contractors, diplomats and, of course, journalists. Now that the
provisional results of last month's referendum show that 98.83%
of voters have chosen secession for the South, everyone wants
to know Salva's line on key issues such as oil money, borders
and Abyei.
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