[Montréal, Québec, Canada 10°C] Today is election day in Sudan, the first of three days of polling. It is the first multi-party elections in Sudan since 1986, three years before the 1989 coup-d’état that brought Omar al-Bashir’s National Islamic Front – NIF (later renamed the National Congress Party – NCP) party to power. It has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘elections’
Election Ballots Printed by Sudan’s Currency Printer Controversial
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 6°C] Sudan’s first elections in 24 years are set to begin in less than 22 days. And not without major controversy. The logistical challenges faced by Sudan’s National Election Commission (NEC) and organizations providing support toward the elections are staggering. According to the a UNifeed report, “The first batch of ballot papers [...]
Elections in Sudan a Logistical Challenge
[Montréal, Québec, Canada -4°C] Holding elections anywhere in the world is a logistical challenge. Considering that Sudan has not had elections since 1986, it is Africa’s largest country with vast regions among the least developed on the planet, election logistics are no simple matter. Census and Voter Registration There are prerequisites to conducting a democratic [...]
Logistical Challenges Facing Sudan Elections
[Juba, Southern Sudan 26ºC] The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed by the Khartoum regime in the north and rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), based in the south of Sudan, is approaching a decisive and possibly its most difficult-to-implement phase so far: the April 2010 elections. The National Election Commission (NEC) and United Nations (UN) [...]
Juba Declaration By Southern Sudan Women
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 18°C] The upcoming 2010 elections in Sudan and the 2011 self-determination referendum for Southern Sudan, are fraught with many important challenges for everyone involved. But the challenges are probably greatest for women, both in the voting process and for representation in the respective legislatures. According to a recent Inter Press Service (IPS) [...]
Reportage, Journalism and Media Coverage in Conflict Situations
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 27°C] Since my visit to Southern Sudan last spring—and with the intention of returning for next year’s election in April—I’ve been reading about working as a journalist in conflict situations and reading journalistic stories written from conflict zones. Some great books I’ve read lately are written by journalists covering areas of political [...]
Challenges Facing Sudan’s April 2010 National Elections
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 20°C] In a previous post, I write about returning to Southern Sudan, how my first visit only increased my appetite for more. How little I knew about the place then and how much more I want to know about it now. The upcoming all-Sudan general elections that everyone-following-Sudan is talking about, would [...]
