Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior: For the people of Southern Sudan

The people of Southern Sudan are finally deciding whether to secede or to remain a part of a united Sudan. While there is a party atmosphere among the citizens of the South, others are concerned that the referendum may provoke renewed conflict, six years after the official end of civil war between the North and the South as well as some adjacent areas like the Nuba Mountains. Actor George Clooney has been in the South, to lend his weight to calls for a peaceful vote. Marvis Birungi captures both the excitement on the streets of Juba, the Southern capital, as well as the sobering voices of analysts, in this radio report.