So, the international community questions the standard of the recent elections in Sudan. What expectations did the people of Sudan have of the first multi party elections in over two decades?
Hear what one Sudani Sudani election observer told Christabel, in audio, featured in the short video (below), which also features on the ground pics of the vote. Then LISTEN to the rest of Christabel’s interview with the election observer (who could only speak on condition of anonymity) in the latest edition of ‘Home, from Home’
We’ve had wonderful feedback from our piece on Sudan, from members of the Sudani Diaspora community. That’s one of the great things about what we do, we get to hear from the people know live the experience.
… And note, we’re no longer saying Sudanese! Don’t worry, apparently, you can use the Arabic ‘Sudani’ or the more westernised ‘Sudanese’. But we figured when in Rome Khartoum…
Photo Credits: Fatma Naib (http://flickr.com/photos/fatmanaib)
AP (Amr Nabil, Khalil Senosi, Nasser Nasseri, Pete Muller)
Music ‘Vote’, by Alsarah ft Oddisee.