Sudan elections

An historic presidential and parliamentary elections in Sudan must be conducted peacefully and credibly but for this great moment to run smoothly and successfuly, the country's Government, electoral authorities and political parties have to play their part to ensure the polls take place free of violence or intimidation.Sudanese go to the ballot box for the first time after 2 decades and  elect a national president and most emphasis going for a southern president, state governors and for members of national and local assemblies.

These elections are an important milestone in the implementation of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the long-running north-south civil war in Sudan
For the international community, the holding of peaceful and credible elections is of paramount importance.

The lead-up to the election, which will take place over three days beginning tomorrow, has been marked by international concerns over the conduct of the vote. European Union (EU) observers had withdrawn from the war-scarred Darfur region because of security concerns and some opposition parties reportedly said they would boycott the poll.

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Kenya: Draft Law Setback as Politicians Squabble

How long will this take?

The major political parties dealt a blow to the draft constitution on Thursday, taking antagonistic positions in the review process. MPs rejected for a second time, an attempt to hold a meeting to seek unity in Naivasha, meaning that the squabbling could spill over to the floor of the House on Tuesday afternoon.

There were fears that the review had become a theatre for political wars and power struggles within the ruling coalition. "There is a lot of drama surrounding this (review) process that has nothing to do with the new constitution. I think we should not allow these differences to cloud the objective of getting a new constitution," said Parliamentary Select Committee on the constitution chairman, Mr Mohamed Abdikadir.
He asked MPs not to politicise the review when debate on the draft begins next week. Orange Democratic Party and Party of National Unity have taken opposing sides on whether there should be amendments to the draft presented to Parliament by the Committee of Experts.
PNU favours the revision of the draft done by the PSC while ODM supports the output of the CoE as the final document. On Thursday, PNU members of Parliament met and expressed fears that some of their ODM counterparts were hatching plans to derail the review.

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