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Sudan holds landmark multi-party polls

A man holds a Sudanese flag ahead of elections
The polls are the first of their kind since 1986
Sudan is holding its first multi-party elections for 24 years, but the absence of several major political figures has seriously damaged their credibility.
Several parties opposed to President Omar al-Bashir are boycotting the polls because of alleged malpractice.

But the National Elections Commission insists that the three-day elections will be free and fair and represent the will of the Sudanese people.
The polls will elect the country's president, national assembly, and state governors and legislative bodies.
The Elections Commission has been heavily criticised by opposition parties and human rights groups who believe the landmark polls will be seriously flawed.
SUDAN ELECTIONS
First multi-party polls in 24 years
Polls to elect president and 450-member national assembly, as well as governors and legislative bodies for 25 states
Complicated process, with some in the South having to cast 12 different votes
Several opposition parties have boycotted the polls, alleging fraud
Results to be announced 18 April
But Abel Alier, the chairman of the Elections Commission, was adamant that his organisation had not favoured the National Congress Party of President Omar al-Bashir.
"We are committed to free, fair polling," he said.
"We want to ensure that what we do will make it evident both to the voter, to the ordinary citizen, and to the world at large that this process of polling is going to be transparent."
The BBC's James Copnall, in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, says the Elections Commission has given a dizzying array of detail about the polls, from the number of polling stations being used to the number of helicopters required to transport electoral material around this vast country, to the procedures in place to ensure fair voting.
But he adds that the electoral body has not convinced the parties opposed to President Bashir, with many of them are boycotting all or part of these polls to protest about alleged rigging.

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