In Sudan, at least thirty soldiers have been killed in Upper Nile state, during internal fighting among troops of the national army. The mutiny in Sudan's army first broke out on Thursday in the politically sensitive southern town of Makalal. The mutiny began when southern soldiers in the SAF unit who resisted redeployment to the north began exchanging fire with other members of the same unit. Southern Sudan is set to become the world's newest nation on 9th July 2011.Southern Sudan is waiting for the final results of its independence referendum. Provisional results say 99 percent of voters opted to secede from the north.