International Rescue Committee (IRC)

A historic vote

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Polling site flag in Juba, Southern Sudan on January 9, 2011
Alexander Oyet, 78, holds up his voter's card
Line outside polling site in Juba, Southern Sudan
A little boy carries a plastic chair at a polling site in Juba, Sothern Sudan
Pasquale Ongwen smiles at the entrance to the polling site
Pasquale Ongwen casts his vote
Pasquale Ongwen and his wife Margaret (with one of their six children)
Photo: Sophia Mwangi/IRC

The IRC's Sophia Mwangi spent the day with a friend and IRC colleague, Pasquale Ongwen, as he joined millions of others in Sudan to vote in the referendum on self-determination on January 9, 2011.