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Sudan Goes to Polls
- By Unknown
- Mar. 07 1996 00:00
KHARTOUM, Sudan () -- Sudanese began voting Wednesday in their first national elections in a decade, but the Moslem fundamentalist government of Lieutenant General Omar el-Bashir was expected to retain power.
The country's 10 million voters have until Mar. 17 to cast ballots, so turnout was light when polling stations in the capital opened at 8 a.m. local time. Results are expected by Mar. 20. The long duration is necessary because communications in Sudan, the largest country in Africa, are very poor.
El-Bashir, who installed an Islamic government after taking over in a military coup in 1989, is running for president against 40 other candidates who are not well known.
The country's 10 million voters have until Mar. 17 to cast ballots, so turnout was light when polling stations in the capital opened at 8 a.m. local time. Results are expected by Mar. 20. The long duration is necessary because communications in Sudan, the largest country in Africa, are very poor.
El-Bashir, who installed an Islamic government after taking over in a military coup in 1989, is running for president against 40 other candidates who are not well known.
