Politics & Government
Southern Sudanese call the lead-up to a January 9 referendum their "final walk to freedom." (Alan Boswell/MCT)
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Over 100,000 Southern Sudanese have flooded home from Sudan's north in recent months, many without a place to go. (Alan Boswell/MCT)
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A Southern Sudanese woman prepares dinner at a camp of returnees in Juba. Most of those returning from Sudan's north lack the resources to take care of themselves. (Alan Boswell/MCT)
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A Southern Sudanese youth dances at a public rally. After decades of war, the region is expected to split off and form a new country through a January 9 referendum. (Alan Boswell/MCT)
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Trash litters the ground nearby a pile of belongings in a camp of Southern Sudanese who have returned home from Sudan's north. (Alan Boswell/MCT)
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Children peer through a pile of belongings in a returnee camp in Juba, Southern Sudan. Over 100,000 Southern Sudanese are returning home from Sudan's north ahead of a January 9 referendum on southern independence. (Alan Boswell/MCT)
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A Southern Sudanese woman eats fruit at a makeshift returnee camp along the White Nile in Juba. (Alan Boswell/MCT)
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A woman washes her pots outside a makeshift home in a returnee camp in Juba, Southern Sudan. (Alan Boswell/MCT)
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