January 18, 2011 - 19:30 AMT
14:02 GMT
On January 31 there may appear a new state in Africa. It will appear as a result of a peaceful referendum held in Sudan. How long the quiet coexistence of the two parts of one country will continue is too difficult to predict. But since the 90s of the past century, when there started the chain of independence, no mother country has tolerated the new reality.