Usatoday.com reports that :

An AP review of results at 10 sites in the south’s capital of Juba found that almost 96% of the almost 30,000 ballots cast were for secession. About 3% were for unity and the rest were invalid.

Please continue prayers for the country as votes are being counted with a final result said to be given February 14. The voting process has been mostly peaceful but for tensions in the contested Abyei region due to the oil fields and its decision to join the North or the South. To view some great pictures that tell more of the story click below on the picture of South Sudanese celebrating their vote here in Nairobi.