Sudanese forces say they have seized control of a key rebel held area in the western Darfur region after killing more than 100 members of the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem).
“We have liberated Jebel Moon from the Justice and Equality Movement and killed 108 members,” Al-Sawarmi Khaled, an army spokesman, said on Saturday.
“We have detained [...]
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Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Sudan’s incumbent president, has won another term after the country’s first multi-party presidential poll in 24 years.
Al-Bashir had been widely expected to retain the presidency after a number of opposition parties withdrew their candidates, but the official announcement of the results on Monday confirmed his victory with 68 per cent of the [...]
The ruling party of Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, and the largest party in the semi-autonomous south have agreed to accept the results of last week’s elections.
Ballots are still being counted from the country’s first multi-party polls in 24 years and the results, originally expected on Tuesday, have been delayed indefinitely.
But, despite the uncertainty [...]
Polls have opened in Sudan for a second day of voting in multiparty elections that have been marked by confusion, delays and charges of fraud.
The three-day parliamentary and presidential elections, the first in 24 years, got off to a slow start on Sunday as polling stations in many parts of the country opened without ballots.
In [...]
Sudanese have begun voting in the country’s first multi-party elections in 24 years, despite the credibility of the process being marred by an opposition boycott and accusations of fraud.
Polls opened at 0500 GMT on Sunday as 16 million registered voters are asked to vote for their president as well as for parliamentary and local representatives.
The [...]
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement has said that it will partially boycott elections set for Sunday.
The SPLM, south Sudan’s main political party, currently shares power at the federal level with the National Congress Party under a 2005 peace accord.
The announcement on Tuesday raises more concern over the credibility of the legislative, local and presidential polls, [...]
Sudan’s controversial elections will go ahead this month, the deputy head of the country’s election commission has said.
The announcement came less than a day after one of Sudan’s largest opposition parties said it would not take part in the polls unless the government agreed to a four-week delay to the vote.
“The National Elections Commission (NEC) [...]
Sudan’s main opposition parties have withdrawn from the country’s upcoming presidential polls, effectively handing a hollow victory to Omar al-Bashir, the sitting president.
A spokesman for the Umma party leader said that “most” of Sudan’s opposition groups had decided to withdraw their candidates.
Sadiq al-Mahdi, a former prime minister and head of the Umma Party, Mubarak [...]
South Sudan’s leading party has announced it is withdrawing its presidential candidate from the country’s first multi-party elections in 24 years.
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, or SPLM, said on Wednesday that its candidate, Yasir Arman, would boycott the April poll because of electoral irregularities.
It also cited the continuing conflict in the country’s western Darfur region [...]