The Sudan Splits

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110207/wl_nm/us_sudan_referendum

The south of Sudan votes to separate from the north in a landslide election.

I wonder how cohesive this region has actually politically been, and how much of their borders are defined by British colonial convenience, ala Nigeria.

Either way, there's been way too much violence between those from the north and those from the south.  Even if Sudan should be a united country, now is not the time for that.

-- Knuttel