visited shortly before the independence referendum in South Sudan President Bashir, the capital of the south. We warmly welcome it, however.
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Photo: Reuters JUBA
taz Namayjiek with its flags and laughs. The 29-year-old teacher stands with hundreds of other southerners before the main entrance of the airport building to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to be welcomed. Bashir is currently touring the Sudan, to do his people a happy new year. In southern Sudan, it is likely his final visit.
Nearly four million registered voters in the South Sudanese throughout the country are calling from next Sunday to decide by referendum on whether South Sudan independent of the central government in Khartoum does.
Hardly anyone doubts that the majority of southern Sudanese to independence is right. 60 percent of the registered voters must participate to make the referendum valid. After over twenty years of civil war between north and south and six years of peace and autonomy government in the south of the referendum is considered the "last step to freedom", as it appears on many flags. Douching
When the black SUV from the airport, stretches teachers Namayjiek against the president's convoy independence flag. "Secession" is written on it in Arabic and English. "I am so glad that our president is visiting us and we can show him that we really want independence," says Namayjiek.
And that the People in Juba majority for the separation and the creation of an independent state, are the Bashir can not be overlooked during his tour of the city. Besides Namayjiek keep students up a bed sheet, "Stop the bombing of the South Sudanese people" is written on. Further down the street a poster hanging on a chain link fence: it is a black skull, next to the word "Bye-bye Khartoum!" On the way to the presidential palace by President Salva Kiir, who has ruled since 2005, the South and autonomous territories, must Bashir in a crowd over, the entgegenbrüllt he chants. "Bye-bye Bashir, bye-bye Arabs," call her. The people of South Africans feel as a Christian in relation to the Muslim Arabs of the north.
It had GoSS Minister of Information Mustafa Mayak in the early morning, called on the people, "our president to welcome with open hearts." President Bashir has recently adjusted its war rhetoric against the South and more sent messages of reconciliation to the south, said Majak. This message of peace now repeated Bashir personally after his meeting with Salva Kiir and GoSS Council of Ministers."We are civilized people," says Bashir. "Even if the results be painful, we will meet them with forgiveness, patience, acceptance, and with an open heart and good will. "The president stressed that he wanted peace for all of Sudan, north and south. This he now has in practice to the test. .
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