Sudan Electıons

epa02119639 A National Election Commission pours out ballots from a ballot box as counting of votes gets underway 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