SPLM's Kiir to run in Sudan presidential election
                   
alertnet.org     Jul 27, 2008            

By Opheera McDoom KHARTOUM, July 27 (Reuters) - Sudan's former southern rebels said on Sunday their leader would run for the presidency in elections due next year under a landmark 2005 peace deal which ended Africa's longest civil war. Sudan's north-south civil war ended with an accord that shared power and wealth, created a semi-autonomous south Sudan, and envisaged democratic elections and a southern vote on secession by 2011. The southern Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) joined the national government and its head, Salva Kiir, became first vice president. "The SPLM has officially decided to contest the elections on all levels including the president's position," senior SPLM official Yasir Arman told Reuters after an SPLM leadership meeting lasting several days. He said Kiir would be nominated for the presidency.... [read full story]                    


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Biden's emergence in VP race crystalizes concerns

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More voter registration workers under scrutiny

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