Sudan Vote

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  Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir Wins Re-Election With Over 94 Per Cent Votes

  Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was re-elected today with more than 94 per cent of the vote in polls in which he he had faced no serious challenger, organisers said.

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  Polls Close Across Most of Sudan After 4-Day Vote

  Polling stations closed across most of Sudan on Thursday after nationwide elections that President Omar al-Bashir is widely expected to win were extended by one day.

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  Sudan Vote Set to Extend Omar al-Bashir Rule as Opposition Boycotts

  Sudan heads to the polls next week in elections widely expected to extend President Omar al-Bashir's quarter-century of rule, despite continued unrest and a faltering economy.

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  John Kerry Backs Arms Embargo on South Sudan

  US Secretary of State John Kerry is pressing for a United Nations vote creating an arms embargo on South Sudan in an effort to end the civil war there, a US official has said.

• United Nations to Focus on Protecting Civilians in South Sudan

  The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to change the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan to focus on the protection of civilians instead of nation building.

• Sudan votes to create new country

  Polls closed in the Southern Sudan capital of Juba on Sunday, on the first day of voting in a week-long independence referendum likely to create the world's newest nation, about five years after the end of a brutal civil war there.The mainly Christian south is widely expected to secede from the mainly Muslim north, splitting Africa's largest countr...

• Sudan says it is committed to independence vote

  Sudan's Foreign Minister assured the UN Security Council on Saturday that the government is committed to holding a referendum on southern independence that is expected to split the country in two.Addressing Security Council members wrapping up a fact-finding trip to Sudan and Uganda, Ali Karti said the government's sole condition was no outside int...

• US steps up efforts on Sudan vote

  With Sudan  barely 100 days away from a referendum that is likely to split the country and that could even reignite a war, the Obama administration has begun a multifront diplomatic offensive built around incentives to keep Sudan from obstructing the vote.On Sunday, the administration's special envoy to Sudan, Major General Scott Gration, met ...