1. The 55th African country: Southern Sudan, a state in the making Ana Elisa CascoLisboa, 22 December 2010

2. Southern Sudan map 3. 9th of January 2011 - Referendum 4. Countdown... 5. Outcome of referendum: New Sudan or Independent Sudan? 6. Impacts of would-be secession National level A return to war? 7. Impacts of would-be secession Regional level The geopolitics and geo-economics ... 8. ...and the Nile Hydropolitics Jonglei Canal 9. Impacts of would-be secession Continental levelThe pandoxa box?Western Sahara SomaliandBiafra Cabinda Caprivi CasamaneZanzibar ... 10. Obrigada!