居住在苏丹南部的人民将于2011年1月9日公投决定是否脱离北方独立，此举不但会把大概3/4的石油储量划归南方所有，更意味着数百万人将再度面临战乱之苦。
On January 9, 2011, the people of Southern Sudan will vote for independence from the North, taking with them up to three-quarters of the country’s known oil reserves and placing millions of civilians in the direct path of war.