Brussels, 10/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The referendum on the independence of Southern Sudan began on Sunday under the watchful gaze of the election observation mission, headed by Véronique De Keyser MEP (EUROPE 10289). The EU has high expectations with regard to the full implementation of the global peace agreement concluded in 2005 and for lasting stability in the biggest country in Africa, which has only just left the throes of 22 years of civil war.
Jerzy Buzek, the president of the...