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The year began with a historic referendum in the south of Sudan, one of the least developed regions in the world, where people overwhelmingly voted to split from the north. The vote was promised as part of the 2005 peace deal which ended the two-decade civil war. (via BBC News - In pictures: Focus on Africa in 2011)

The year began with a historic referendum in the south of Sudan, one of the least developed regions in the world, where people overwhelmingly voted to split from the north. The vote was promised as part of the 2005 peace deal which ended the two-decade civil war. (via BBC News - In pictures: Focus on Africa in 2011)