Sudan’s Bashir reelected with 94.5% of vote

(AFP) – {Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was reelected on Monday with 94.5 percent of the vote in polls he had been widely expected to win, the National Electoral Commission said.}

“The number of votes obtained by candidate Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir of the National Congress Party was 5,252,478, or 94.5 percent” of ballots cast, NEC chief Mokhtar al-Asam said at a news conference in Khartoum.