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Bashir to run for re-election
[ARABNEWS] Sudanese President Omar Bashir -- in power since a 1989 coup -- will stand for re-election in 2015 after being retained Tuesday as leader of the ruling National Congress Party, a top aide said.Bashir, the only sitting head of state wanted by the  International Criminal Court... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ... (ICC), was re-elected as both leader and presidential candidate of the NCP at a party convention, said his chief assistant, Ibrahim Ghandour. The 70-year-old career soldier took power in a coup, and there had been doubts about whether he would run again in the controversial election, slated for April. In a March interview, Ghandour said Bashir "declared many times that he's not willing to" stand again but that the final decision was with the party. Posted by: Fred 2014-10-22 |
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