According to Reuters (and being covered live on Al Jazeera) the referendum on separation of South Sudan from the north has been passed overwhelmingly. Estimates at 99 percent voting in favor of secession.
Read the article here.
Again, live coverage on Al Jazeera details the 7/9/2011 independence of South Sudan from the North. Africa's largest nation will after that time become Algeria. Following the split, Algeria will become Africa's largest nation.
Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, has said he accepts the results of a referendum that show a landslide vote for independence in the country's south.
Preliminary results indicated 98.83 per cent of voters from the south chose to secede from the north, with final results expected later on Monday.
"Today we received these results and we accept and welcome these results because they represent the will of the southern people," al-Bashir said on state television.
UPDATE: Further analysis here.