Two candidates drop out of 'unfair' Sudanese election


  • World
  • Thursday, 16 Apr 2015

A woman casts ballot on the third day of elections in Khartoum April 15, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Two independent candidates withdrew from Sudan's presidential election on Wednesday, citing irregularities in the polling process after the election commission extended voting by a day.

Most of the main opposition parties had already boycotted the election, which started on Monday and had been due to end on Wednesday, saying they had been denied the opportunity to compete fairly against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in power since 1989.

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