MCC/Melissa Engle
Sudan’s bloody civil war concluded in 2005 with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). This document outlined the South’s semi-autonomous government, guidelines for sharing oil revenue, and intentions for a national election in 2009. The elections have now been delayed for a third time, according to Reuters, and will happen in April 2010.
Sudan’s National Elections Commission said delays in the release of census details and a decision to postpone voter registration until after the rainy season were reasons for changing the vote timetable for a second time in three months.
Increasingly high levels of fighting in the South have raised concerns that the impending elections will be marked by violence.
