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in the shanty neighborhood on the outskirts of juba, midwifes from a u.s.-funded clinic visit huts to provide women with pre-and post-natal instructions and care. one in seven pregnant women in south sudan is likely to die as a result of the pregnancy. 14% of children die before their fifth birthday. midwife says simple lessons can save lives. >> we come here to say the baby, to see the mother, to check them and to give her hygiene, how to eat, how to birth the baby. >> reporter: breastfeed. >> yes. breastfeeding. >> reporter: she had delivered baby emmanuel seven days earlier. that's a rare occurrence in south sudan where only 10% of births are attended by a health care worker. the midwifes urge pregnant women to deliver their babies in the clinic, t use clean water, and to avoid putting ashes on severed umbilical cords, a traditional treatment. officials say they are optimistic about building a health care system in south sudan. south sudanese professionals who trained abroad during decades of civil war are returning to the country to practice medicine. a

but in the southern capital, juba, there is only celebration. fred de sam lazaro has been covering the story for us. ray suarez talked with him earlier today. >> suarez: fred, you're in what may be the capital of a new country some day. what's the atmosphere been like in juba? what's it like right now. >> ray, it is jubilant. people have never experienced anything like this before in their history. we hear it likened frequently to what happened in 1994 in south africa. there is great exuberance and unmitigated joy everywhere you go. >> suarez: is that at all tempered by the sense that they're doing something pretty profound, splitting a country heading off into a future that's hard to see is very rosey? >> indeed. there is a lot of work to do beginning with simply the mechanics of putting together a separation agreement. there needs to be an agreement hashed out on how the oil wealth will be shared. there needs to be an agreement on how the external debt of sudan will be shared between north and south. there needs to be citizen rights issues sor

today, in the main southern town, juba all roads lead to the inevitable split. thousands of sudanese have been going in barging after spending years in exile. with the referendum approaching, they headed here to start new lives in what they hope will soon be a new nation. the temporary home for a family who just spent three weeks on the river. the children have never seen southern sigh dan. their mother,ñ left the north because she felt if south sudan seceded she'd be labeled as a foreigner and lose her rights. >> she says living back in the south won't be easy but prefering to be home until a peace, she's ready to start tilling the land if necessary. >> a song with a message from a singer with a grudge. mary boiys father and brother were killed in the war. she pushes for neas sudan. >> i will not accept. again, i'm going to the bottom. we will set sudan free. we will go to the bottom and keep them away coming to our country. ♪ >> opinions are so one-side this vote will be unriggable. this egstord nair struggle for independence is almost over then comes the daun

today in the main southern town juba, all roads lead to the split with the north. thousands of southern sudanese have been heading down the river nile on barges after spending years of exile in the north. they have pack up all their belongings and headed here to start new lives in what they hope will soon be a new nation. a temporary home for a family that has just spent three weeks on the river. the children have never seen southern sudan. their mother left the north because she feared if south sudan is he seeded, she would be labeled as a foreigner and lose her rights. she said living back in the south won't be easy, but preferring to be home and a peace, she is ready to start tilling the land if necessary. a song with a message from a singer with a grudge. her father and brother were killed in the war. she now uses her voice to push for an end to united sudan. >> i will not accepteded united sudan. again, i will go to the border and fight from there to keep them away from coming into our country. >> opinion is so one-sided, this vote will be unriggable. this ext

today in juba, all roads inevitably lead with a split with the north. thousands have spent years in exile from the north of the country. with the referendum on independence approaching, they have packed their belongings and headed here to start new lives in what they hope will soon be a new nation. the temporary home for a family which spent three weeks on the river. the children have never seen the southern sudan. their mother aleft the north because sheet field that she would be labeled a southerner and -- she feared that she would be labeled a southerner and lose her rights. she is ready to start telling the land if necessary -- tilling the land if necessary. this sinner's mother and brother were killed in the war. -- the singer's mother and brother were killed in the war. i>> i read that i would be a soldier again. we go to the border and fright from their -- and fight from there. >> opinion it is so one-sided, the vote will not be able to be raped. then come -- the vote will not be able to be rigged. then comes the daunting task of starting over fr

. >> in sudan people went into the southern capitol of juba for voting tomorrow.ica's largest country will be split in two between the border and muslim north and the mostly black and christian south. an estimated 2 million people died in the war which ended in 2005. >> and in north korea today the north korean dips asked for talks with south korea. they said north korea's request for talks in which they first creates a crisis and then offers to negotiate in an effort to get food, fuel and other aid. south korean officials urge the north to show it has changed through actions and not words. >> a scientist at oregon state university says the so-called garbage patch in the pacific ocean may not be as big as reported. she has sailed through the region and the claim that it covers an area twice the size of texas filled with tiny fragments of plastic is exaggerated. these were taken last year by a different exhibition. hall says while the amount of plastic is indeed troubling scientists can be truthful and accurate without resorting to hype. >> authorities in san diego

omar al bashir, has promised to abide by the results, even as he campaigned in the southern capital jubaor a vote for unity. but in unity state, there's only one place we found any support for a unified sudan-- the oilfields just outside bentiu. many of the workers here are from china, who buy most of sudan's oil. but there also are workers from the north, who assumed the unity symbol. "we won't have a problem if the vote goes for separation," they said, "but we want unity, to stay as one nation." now, a show of hands for separation? >> ( translated ): we will have many changes. >> reporter: it's a tall order. south sudan would be one of the poorest nations on earth. paved roads and health clinics are almost nonexistent, and illiteracy is about 85%. add to that a continued fear of renewed violence. the crucial agreement on oil revenue sharing still languishes. and besides north/south tensions, there's also a long history of deadly violence among tribes in the south. but none of that concerns marisa right now. >> ( translated ): all i can think of is to vote. >> reporter: not far from her

you go to juba now and all the fruits and vegetables are come from uganda. you know the potential isn't being realized. in the north, they too have to develop the agricultural sector. they import a lot of food which they shouldn't. and they are now turning more attention to the food sector knowing oil revenues are going to go down, that they very extraordinary economic potential. they're getting investments from arab countries in the agriculture sector. i think that's going to be one of the major areas they look to, as well. >> thank you. there's a lot of new technology on getting water out of the desert now and that should be -- i have agreed to yield the blaeps of my time back to the rampging memb i hanking member who i think has a question he would like to ask. >> i thank you, mr. payne. and madame chairman. i just wanted to thank you, ambassador. i was sitting here thinking i came to congress 28 years ago. it you you were a key figure in the africa bureau at that time during some incredible times, the fight against apartheid. the other conflicts in afric

. >> in sudan -- >> -- president bashir went down to juba and while announcing he was in favor of keeping the country together, he said he would accept a negative decision if there was a division and would not lead to civil war. do you see this as a positive sign coming from the sudanese government? >> certainly it is important for president bashir to be vocal and as he has been in the saying that he and others should respect the decision of the people of south sudan. we're getting very close within five days of the beginning of actual voting within country. whatever happens, this is a decision for the people of south sudan and comes as part of the implementation of the comprehensive peace agreement. the north and south are going to have some kind of relationship going forward, whether it's one part of one country or two countries and the president has made clear he will respect whatever decision the people of south sudan make. that's an important statement to make. >> in light of what is happening in egypt and nigeria, are you going to give another talk on what is happening in pakistan a

i think that the vivid, a week ago, tuesday by president bashir down to juba was indeed an act of enormouspolitical courage. he was met with thousands of people upon the street holding up boehner's expressing their desire for independence. but instead of being repelled by this message, he spoke very clearly that he would recognize the outcome of the referendum to vote, and that if the people of the south chose independence, the government of the northwood accepted and would and would work with an independent southern sudan as a brotherly state. i think there has been over the last year, a growing recognition among many people in the senior ranks of the national congress party that this outcome, this vote was inevitable, essential, and would, in fact, opened a new door for them as well as for the people of the south. >> can i just add to that quickly, there was a lot of concern that there may be problems with the freedom of people in the north. southerners in the north to vote. and that there might be intimidation, et cetera. that also hasn't happened. and i think it's because as ambassador