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Sudan may ask UN to run key vote: party official
Sudan may ask the United Nations to run a referendum on the future of a politically sensitive border region after northern and...
South Sudan swears in first elected president
South Sudan swore in Salva Kiir as its first elected president and the former rebel is likely to lead the semi-autonomous region...
Sudan arrests Islamist opposition leader
Sudanese authorities arrested an opposition leader and closed down his party newspaper, accusing him of directing rebel attacks in the strife-torn Darfur...
South Sudan opposition to challenge polls in court
Nine south Sudanese opposition parties say they would challenge the election of the region's president and state governors in court, adding they...
Internet video stokes Sudan poll fraud fears
A video appearing to show elections officials stuffing ballot boxes in Sudan has been posted on the Internet and the opposition said...
South Sudan party accuses north of troop build-up
South Sudan's main party accused the north of building up troops in the country's highly sensitive Blue Nile border state during a...
Sudan vote errors hit turnout: officials
Sudanese politicians say poor logistics were preventing hundreds of thousands of voters from taking part in the country's first full election in...
Sudan starts historic vote amid confusion, delays
Confusion, delays and charges of fraud marked the start of Sudan's first multi-party elections in a quarter-century, a vote that will test...
South Sudan president accuses north of oil grab
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said Khartoum was delaying demarcating the north-south border to try to retain control over oil reserves with...
Bashir takes campaign to war-scarred state
Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir took his whirlwind election campaign to one of the areas worst hit by 22 years of civil...
Sudan poll like vote under Hitler: ICC prosecutor
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said that monitoring Sudan's election next month would be like monitoring a vote in...
Sudan summons two papers for insulting Bashir
Sudanese authorities have summoned editors from two papers, accusing them of insulting President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is running for re-election in...
South Sudan’s presidential challenger launches Juba campaign
Lam Akol, the sole challenger to south Sudan's incumbent president Salva Kiir, launched his campaign in the region's capital, promising an end...
Protesters march against Sudan vote “clampdown”
More than 200 political activists held a rare public rally in Khartoum yesterday accusing authorities of clamping down on meetings and campaigns...
South Sudan’s Kiir begins campaign for president
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir toured the capital Juba on the back of a pickup truck as he launched his election campaign...
Ousted Sudan leader to run for president
Sudan's last elected prime minister said yesterday he would run for president in April's elections, promising to settle the Darfur conflict and...
Sudan extends deadline for election nominations
Sudan has extended the deadline for nominations in the first multi-party vote in 24 years after candidates said they did not have...
Sudan’s Bashir ready to help an independent south
Sudan's president said he would support the country's oil-producing south if it chose independence in a looming referendum, in his closest acknowledgement...
SPLM’s Kiir to run for south Sudan president
Sudan's first vice president Salva Kiir will run for president of south Sudan in elections in April, leaving the post of national...
Britain presses Sudan to agree on border, oil
Major donor Britain is pressing Sudan's former north-south foes urgently to resolve differences over borders and sharing oil revenues, with a southern...