SUDAN: President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ends his campaign for the elections with a rally in a mosque in Khartoum

Record ID: 345702

  • Title: SUDAN: President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ends his campaign for the elections with a rally in a mosque in Khartoum
  • Date: 11th April 2010
  • Summary: KHARTOUM, SUDAN (APRIL 9, 2010) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) SUDANESE PRESIDENT OMAR HASSAN AL BASHIR ARRVING TO AL SAEM DEEMA MOSQUE IN UM DURMAN TO ATTEND FINAL CAMPAIGN RALLY VARIOUS OF CROWDS CHEERING BASHIR BASHIR SITTING MORE OF BASHIR SUFISTS SUPPORTERS FOR BASHIR STANDING WOMEN CHEERING BASHIR MORE OF THE RALLY CROWDS CHEERING BASHIR AS BASHIR DANCING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SUDANESE PRESIDENT OMAR HASSAN AL- BASHIR SAYING: "This country is my duty.,… so it's duty and I have to protect the citizens and serve them . And the religious and Quran people those are particular and special and they have to get special treatment." EXTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE DECORATED BY LIGHTS VARIOUS OF THE BASHIR DANCING AND SUPPORTERS CHEERING HIM
  • Embargoed: 26th April 2010 13:00
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  • Location: Sudan
  • Country: Sudan
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA61LR0M2G1GLJQ7AXWL2MIK02T
  • Story Text: Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ended his campaign for the country first presidential, legislative and gubernatorial elections in 24 years with a rally on Friday night in one of Khartoum's sufists mosques.
    Thousands of Bashir's supporters attended the rally in at Saem deema mosqoue in Um Durman area.
    Sudanese citizens prepare to go to the polls and cast their vote on Sunday as campaigning comes to end Friday (April 9).
    Al-Bashir had hoped to win the April 11 polls in defiance of an International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest to legitimize his rule in Africa's largest country.
    On Wednesday the biggest international observer mission -- from the European Union -- said it was withdrawing its observers from war-torn Darfur because fighting and kidnappings were restricting the movement of its staff, undermining their ability to observe election preparations.
    Many Sudanese opposition parties will boycott the polls which will start on Sunday April 11.
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