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| US says Sudan's 2010 elections in doubt |
| 2009-11-28 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Sudan may be unable to hold credible elections in coming months because the ruling party and opposition cannot agree on ground rules for the polls, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. At the end of a trip to Sudan by President Barack Obama's special envoy Scott Gration, the State Department said it saw little movement on issues such as voter registration and border delineation between Khartoum and the semi-autonomous South -- endangering plans for national elections in April 2010 and a referendum on southern succession in 2011. "Without immediate resolution of these disputes, we are concerned about the chances for conducting credible elections and referenda," it said in a statement. "Unfortunately, the parties have not yet demonstrated the political will necessary to achieve resolution on these difficult and sensitive issues." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "the semi-autonomous South " You mean the totally autonomous South. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-11-28 08:48 |