Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te hurihanga o te 1989
i te peresideni a Omar al-Bashir, i noho tonu a Sudan ki te Tonga i raro i a Sudan mo nga tau 16. I te 9 o Hanuere 2005, i hainatia he kirimana rangimarie whānui i Nairobi Kenya i Nyayo Stadium i hoatu he marama matomato ki te whakatau-whaiaro. Ka rite ki te korero a te mutunga o Dr. John Garang de Mabior, "Ka whai a South Sudanese kia noho tonu hei kawanatanga ma te tukanga whakatau-whaiaro i roto i te waa o te Pooti Pooti kia whakatau kia noho tonu ki raro i te United Sudan, i te New Sudan ranei ka kitea i roto i te wehenga pai".