KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's presidential and parliamentary elections will start on April 2, 2015, the head of the election committee said on Wednesday, announcing a vote widely expected to extend veteran leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir's hold on power.
President Bashir, 70, has not yet announced his election plans. He has been in power for 25 years, surviving an armed rebellion in the western region of Darfur, economic crisis, anti-government protests and an indictment by the International Criminal Court on masterminding war crimes in Darfur.
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