Thursday, March 21, 2013

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir to step down in 2015

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir. PHOTO/Gregorio Borgia/AP

Sudan’s president said he intends to step down in 2015 after more than 20 years in power.

In an interview published in several Sudanese dailies on Wednesday, Omar al-Bashir said the people of Sudan need “fresh blood and a new impetus to continue their march.” The next presidential election is due in 2015.

Al-Bashir seized power in a 1989 coup that toppled an elected government. He was last elected in 2010, a year

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