Salva Kir

July 13, 2011 7:00 PM

Focus on Sudan: What does independence mean for North and South?

Salva Kir is to lead South Sudan into independence on the 9 July after a landslide referendum earlier this year where 99% of the South voted to secede from the North. But with relations still tense over disputed border regions of Abyei and the surrounding area, what does the future hold for North and South alike?