Violence in the wake of Sudanese elections earlier this month has left at least eight people dead in the southern Sudanese city of Malakal, dpa quoted the Sudan Tribune as reporting today. The newspaper said that armed militants attacked the barracks of the South Sudanese Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). The attackers were trained soldiers and supporters of an independent candidate who had campaigned against the reigning SPLM party to be governor of the state of Jonglei. The SPLM is the political wing of the SPLA and was criticized for alleged vote manipulation in the country's first elections in 24 years. The SPLM won the bulk of the votes in semi-independent Southern Sudan, which is expected to vote to secede from Sudan in a 2011 referendum.
