Sudan's Breakup: Can Obama Help Avert A War? -- Time Magazine
On Friday, President Barack Obama joins fellow world leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly for an emergency summit. The topic of the special meeting might be a surprise: it's not Iran, the Middle East or world poverty — it's Sudan.
Actually, the sudden urgency of the situation in Sudan should not come as a surprise. Sudan is set to split into two next year and the breakup — which has been coming for some time — is not mutual. Southern Sudan, the nation's undeveloped hinterland of swamp and bush populated by non-Muslims, will use a January referendum to secede and form a new state. And it plans to take its 80% portion of Sudan's oil reserves with it. That prospect does not thrill north Sudan's Arab elite, a minority who have controlled Africa's largest nation since its inception.
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Aid Groups Warn Leaders at Sudan Summit Not to Overlook Violence in Region -- Voice of America
UN summit confronts Sudanese ‘ticking time bomb’ -- France 24
Sudan crisis meeting set to begin -- Al Jazeera
Sudan's north, south to pledge on-time referendums -- Reuters
Obama leads new UN pressure on Sudan over votes -- AFP
Barack Obama to push for fair Sudan referendum -- BBC
Obama to Attend High-Level Meeting on Sudan -- Voice of America
Obama team lays out incentives for Khartoum but not pressures -- The Cable/Foreign Policy
US and UK to warn Sudan amid fears of renewed civil war -- The Telegraph
World Leaders Back Sudan Vote -- Wall Street Journal
World leaders to address Sudan referendum -- CNN
Along tense Sudan border, UN sees less cooperation -- AP
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