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Sudan vote 'failed' to meet global standards By Jailan Zayan (AFP) – 3 hours ago KHARTOUM, Sudan — Elections just held in Sudan did not meet "international standards", EU monitors and former US president Jimmy Carter said on Saturday. The country's first competitive elections in more than two decades "struggled to meet international standards" but did not entirely succeed, EU vote monitoring chief Veronique de Keyser said in Khartoum. Carter also said the elections "fall short" of meeting international standards. "Turnout is very high, 60 percent, but with significant deficiencies ... Theses elections did not reach international standards, not yet," De Kuyser told a news conference. "They have not reached them all but some of them," she said. But De Kuyser said the fact that there were domestic poll watchers proves the keenness for "democratic transformation." The election was a "major step that opens up democratic space in Sudan." Africa's largest country held its first multi-party elections in two decades, but with the polls' legitimacy brought into question by the withdrawal of the two main opponents to the re-election of President Omar al-Beshir. Three days of voting, which began on Sunday, were extended until Thursday because of a series of delays and logistical problems. Around 16 million registered Sudanese voters had been asked to choose their presidential, legislative and local representatives. Southerners also voted for the leader of the autonomous government of south Sudan. On Thursday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hailed the election and urged all sides to conclude the electoral process without violence. But as the counting continued, one top UN official in the south of the country warned on Friday that the impoverished region faced a major food crisis that could effect millions of people. "We have a very general problem of food insecurity across all of southern Sudan," Lisa Grande, the UN Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Juba, south Sudan, told AFP. "We are looking at a situation where 4.3 million people require some forms of food assistance during the year," she said. Failed harvests, people displaced for security reasons and rising food prices have all combined to create a "humanitarian perfect storm," Grande said. Seven out of the 10 southern states were in trouble, she added. "What we are avoiding is a free fall, when people are dying in mass. We are in a situation of struggle. We are at the break," Grande warned. Voting proceeded calmly in most places, but the results could ignite tensions in more contested areas, particularly in south Sudan. De Kuyser said there were "more irregularities in the south than the north". The election was seen as a bid to restore Beshir's stature after he was indicted by the International Criminal Court in March 2009 for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the western region of Darfur. An aide to Beshir, Nafie Ali Nafie, said on Thursday that Beshir's re-election would prove allegations against him are "false." Copyright © 2010 AFP. All rights reserved. More »

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