Southern Sudanese sacrificed a white bull for peace Friday as former rebels opened their first office in Khartoum, coming to the capital to organize as a political party after agreeing to end Africa’s longest-running civil war. Many seemed to see the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement’s office in a former bank building as concrete evidence that Sudan can change after 21 years of war and war-induced poverty. It remains to be seen, though, whether the rebels and the government will live up to their agreement, which was signed earlier this month and requires they each make major compromises. Full Story