Sudan elects wanted Bashir as president
April 28, 2010 00:00:00
Managing Director of Jamuna Bank Md Motior Rahman receiving the International Mother Language Award 2012 by Omar Shiraj GQ Foundation from chief guest Language Activist Abdul Matin in the city recently. Mr Rahman has been honoured with the award for his o
KHARTOUM, Apr 27 (Reuters): President Omar Hassan al-Bashir has won Sudan's first open elections in 24 years in a result that confirms in office the only sitting head of state wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
Bashir won 68 per cent of the presidential vote, while Salva Kiir retained his job as the president of Sudan's semi-autonomous south, with 92.99 per cent of the vote in that race, Sudan's National Elections Commission announced.