Low turn out as Sudanese polls close

The Lushoto parliamentary election that was postponed following the death of the Chadema candidate, Mohamed Mtoi, was marked by a low turnout of voters.

South African Broadcasting Corporation
Several polls close after peaceful voting in Tanzania
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Polls have closed in several polling stations in Tanzania minutes after polls closed in one of the country's tightest race. Those who were in the queue before 4pm, the official closing time will be allowed to vote. There are more than 65 000 polling ...
NEC to announce presidential results within four daysDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release)...

Sudan Tribune
S. Sudanese leaders re-convene in Tanzania for separate talks
Sudan Tribune
January 9, 2015 (JUBA) - Separate talks bringing together three different factions of South Sudan's governing Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) got underway in Arusha, Tanzania with the calls for hard decisions to end the ongoing conflict.
Kikwete to grace resumption of S. Sudan peace talksDaily News
SPLM Deputy Chairperson Warns Against Untimely Political RalliesOye! Times

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Azam FC are living their dream in the CAF Champions League after debuting with a 2-0 victory over El-Merreikh of Sudan at the Chamazi Complex yesterday.

Sudanese civil society organizations and citizens on Tuesday staged a peaceful rally to the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum to protest against 18 years of U.S. sanctions on their country, and handed a memo demanding the U.S. administration to immediately lift those sanctions.

Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan in his book Interventions, A Life in War and Peace tells of an incident when he was mediating between Kenya’s warring rivals following a disputed presidential election in 2007.

Meet one of only two psychiatrists in war-ravaged South Sudan

Amira Kheir been hailed as the Diva of the Sudanese Desert and is one of the most popular folk musicians to emerge from Sudan in the last decade. The singer told BBC Africa's Peter Okwoche about her new album.