Sudan: 15 candidates for Sudanese presidential election
The Sudanese National Election Commission (NEC) has officially cleared 15 candidates to contest next April's presidential and general elections.
The 14 candidates, who will contest against incumbent President Omar Al-Bashir, are little known except Prof. Fatima Abdul Mahmud.
Mahmud, who in the 2010 elections stood as candidate for the Sudanese Socialist Union, a party formed by late president Ja'afar Mohamed Nimeiri, 1969-1985, is herself a veteran politician.