Sudan holds first elections in 24 years
Voters in Sudan are casting their ballots in the first multi-party elections in 24 years.
The polls for president, parliament and state assemblies are being held as part of the peace deal that ended the civil war between north and south Sudan.
But several key parties and politicians opposed to President Omar al-Bashir are boycotting the vote amid fraud fears.
For many in Southern Sudan, these elections are a prelude to a referendum next January on possible independence.
The elections are also complicated by the ongoing low-level civil war in Darfur, where some three million people are living in refugee camps