Sudan Electıons

epa02119638 National Election Commission workers start counting ballots from a ballot box as the start of counting ballots after five days of voting in Sudan ' s first general election in 24 years in Khartoum , Sudan , 16 April 2010 . The election in which Sudanese President Omar el Bashir is expected to win the presidential race  were required as part of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed between northsouth ending 30 years of civil warwhich will lead to a referendum vote in January 2011 on whether the south will succeedform its own country . South Sudan President Salva Kiir from the SPLM , who is running for that office , is expected to win as well .  EPA/PHILLIP DHIL