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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10289

8 January 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/sudan
Bated breath ahead of Sunday's self-determination poll

Brussels, 07/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Union and the rest of the international community are awaiting with bated breath the referendum on self-determination that starts in the south of Sudan on Sunday 9 January and will run until 15 January. Most analysts expect the south to secede. It contains 70% of Sudan's oil reserves. The poll on the fate of the oil-rich Abyei region on the border between the Muslim north and the Christian south of the country, initially planned for Sunday,...

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