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Another Sudan Elections Delay

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by  |  on November 24th, 2009  |  2 comments

Sudan is delaying the country’s long awaited elections yet again. But this time the reasons seem legitimate: The National Elections Commission (NEC) announced a six day delay to the elections in order to allow more time for voters to register at least in part at the behest of opposition parties. Sudan state media issued an NEC statement announcing that the voter registration deadline is extended until December 7th (from November 30th) and the elections date is consequently being moved from April 5 to April 11 of next year.

 
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  1. skewusi Tuesday - 24 / 11 / 2009 Reply
    The postponement of an election on the basis of voter registration delays smacks of incompetence and bad planning. In most countries in Africa, policy and decision making is hardly based on any study. This happens to be the case with Sudan.

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Derek Catsam
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Derek Catsam is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Derek writes about race and politics in the United States and Africa, sports, and terrorism. He is currently working on books on bus boycotts in the United States and South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s, the Freedom Rides, and South African resistance politics in the 1980s. He has lived, worked, and travelled extensively throughout southern Africa. He is also a lifelong sports fan, with the Boston Red Sox as his first true love. He was one of about three dozen people to write books about the 2004 World Champion Red Sox, and the result is Bleeding Red: A Red Sox Fan's Diary of the 2004 Season. He writes about politics, sports, travel, pop culture, and just about anything else that comes to mind.

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