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Why Ugandan expats did not vote
The long-standing supporter of the Sudan People\'s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Uganda\'s Yoweri Museveni, won the latest presidential elections in his country. Many Ugandans in Southern Sudan left to cast their…
25.04.2024
A Ugandan trader at Juba\'s Konykonyo Market. She is one of the estimated 20,000 Ugandans living and working in Southern Sudan.
Southern Sudan has voted in January to become fully independent , while just yesterday, on 20 February 2011, neighboring Uganda has witnessed Yoweri Museveni\'s accession to a new presidential term. During his so far 25 years as head of state, Museveni was a constant supporter of the SPLM\'s struggle in Southern Sudan.
Check out Pascal Ladu\'s article about \"Foreign traders in fear of referendum\", too.
Many of the approximately 20,000 Ugandans living and working in Southern Sudan went back to their home country to cast their vote. However, some remained behind failing to go to the polls for various reasons, as Marvis Birungi reports from Juba:
