Sudanese immigrants hope over the secession of southern Sudan

By Caty Hirst, Tennessean

Nashville, Tenn. — many immigrants United Statesin Sudan, decades of violence in the nation African has cost them their families, their homeland, as they were forced to flee their country and leave the family.

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  Boys and southern Sudan hold candles as the clock ticks past midnight Saturday to mark the day that southern Sudan will be formal independence.

By Mark Hooper, AFP/gti

Boys and southern Sudan hold candles as the clock ticks past midnight Saturday to mark the day that southern Sudan will be formal independence.

After half a century of war, however, seems close to recovery than ever. After the election last year, the southern Sudan peace they seceded and Lincoln to the North on Saturday, creating the Republic of southern Sudan.

While many in the United States are Sudan optimistic about their country, Africa, and those in the international community concerned about the non-profit new State missing the basics to govern her survive.

The Government of the Sudan of basic infrastructure, South not like roads, hospitals, schools, said Jonathan Temin, program director for Sudan Peace Institute, a nonpartisan institution that helps prevent and resolve conflicts.

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People, including those in the Government, are largely mnzir. These factors, as well as being a country, will develop, by Temin.

"I think there is going to be a honeymoon, where they were going to live outside the elation secession," said Temin. "But honey is about to end at some point. A critical question is once the honey is over, the Government will be able to provide these services to the people you expect? What if the Government can, what response the peoples were going to be? "

' Lost boys ' hopes

Republic of southern Sudan is the country's first new African in more than 20 years; The capital is Juba.

Much of the community of South Sudan United States is optimistic about independence.

"I have a lot of nightmares about my friends who died in my hands when I was still 10 years or 10 years," said Panchol Ayuel, southern Sudanese immigrants in Nashville, Tenn. "but we (have) an independent, to pray to God (that) what they were to die for, we deserve the same day. And that's what we are going to tell the rest of the world. "

Ayuel, "lost boy" of South Sudan, came to the United States in 2001. He was among the 20,000 other children who roamed lmdbriot of Sudan during the civil war. Only half of these sons survived starvation, wild animals, aggression from the army to the North.

Ayuel is one of thousands of immigrants throughout the United States who voted 1955 North of referendum came Jan. In General, the referendum passed with 98 percent of the vote in South Sudan to create a new State.

"I have been longing to see an independent southern Sudan," said Deng, another immigrant Ateny Sudan in Nashville. "Sometimes when you have been hoping to see something for so long, doesn't come on time, you almost lose hope. But I started regaining my hope now. It is good peace came. "

Going home

Despite General fears the country is not ready to ??????, hundreds of thousands of refugees have been returning to Israel, said Gerald Martone, Humanitarian Affairs Director for International Rescue Committee, who just returned from Sudan.

Martone said that Sudanese they uprooted 4.27 million due to the war.

The new American country make Sudan return home help, according to Andrew Blum, senior program officer for the Institute.

"I think there are some South Sudan here who appear to go back, or at least to participate more," said bloom. "There probably will be stronger connections between diaspora South Sudan here in the United States and this new State of southern Sudan".

The Sudan Government to expensive resource American Southern, said Temin, but he is afraid the Government could avoid recruiting immigrants left during the war. He said that Sudan sent who left.

However, many of us already are planning trips home to Sudan, if found, return to southern Sudan or take temporary teaching positions in the country.

"When we got here, many people volunteered ... Now we can volunteer. So now is the time of what we can do for our country, "said Ayuel.

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