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Election Ballots Printed by Sudan’s Currency Printer Controversial

From journalist to parliamentary candidate! Ladu asks why?

by Pascal Ladu courtesy SudanVotes What career can you imagine in the new Sudan? Mr Modi James Lomindi is running for Terekeka County in the Central Equatoria State Legislative Assembly of South Sudan.

What does it mean to me to be a journalist reporting on these elections?

by Boboya Simon Wudu courtesy SudanVotes A personal take from Mr Wadu. To be like a journalist is to be like an eye, a transformer. Or like the man in the novel “The beautiful ones are not yet born” by writer Ayi Kwei Armah about a man who struggles with the reality in post-colonial Ghana. [...]

Elections in Sudan a Logistical Challenge

[Montréal, Québec, Canada -4°C] Holding elections anywhere in the world is a logistical challenge. Considering that Sudan has not had elections since 1986, it is Africa’s largest country with vast regions among the least developed on the planet, election logistics are no simple matter. Census and Voter Registration There are prerequisites to conducting a democratic [...]

Preliminary Voter Registration Results for Sudan

[Montréal, Québec, Canada -11°C] Preliminary voter registration results have been released in a December 13 statement by Al Hadi Muhammad Ahmed, Head of the National Election Commission’s Registration Committee. “The total of the registration up to now is 15,778,154. This percentage is 81% of the targeted number of people who are above 18 years according [...]