UN workers unload ballot papers printed in Britain for the upcoming independence referendum on South Sudan upon arrival on a plane at Juba airport on December 22, 2010.
(Trevor Snapp/Getty)
On Sunday, the south Sudan began to vote in a historic referendum that may split the country in two, separating its mostly Christian South from its mostly Muslim North. Takeaway producer Noel King has been in the country all week reporting on how Sudanese have been preparing for a vote that may change the map of Africa for the foreseeable future.
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The Takeaway is at its best when we hear from Takeaway reporters like Noel King in the field. Let's have more of that.
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