Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 43

25-Oct-2010

SUDAN

South Sudan Announces Plans For Transitional Government

The government of South Sudan has announced plans to install a transitional government and draft its own constitution if its residents vote to secede in a referendum scheduled for 9 January 2011. In a statement released by the oil-rich regions ruling party, the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM), the call for a constitutional convention would be made within a month...