Bashir accepts Sudan vote to secede

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: AlJazeera

Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, has said he accepts the results of a referendum that show a landslide vote for independence in the country's south.

Preliminary results indicated 98.83 per cent of voters from the south chose to secede from the north, with final results expected later on Monday.

"Today we received these results and we accept and welcome these results because they represent the will of the southern people," al-Bashir said on state television.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/20112714264792774.html

[NOLALady]

1. O My.

I read it as Africa was his first name.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. Thanks! I fixed it

:blush:

[bemildred]

2. Good news, let's see now if he means it. nt

[Posteritatis]

4. When the vote is 98.83% against you and passes international observers' muster...

...you know you might be just a little disliked.