File photo of Omar al-Bashir| 225px , the president of Sudan, has been sworn in to another term after winning the country's recent polls, which were largely boycotted by the opposition. In his inauguration speech, al-Bashir said that there would be "no return to war" with  , and said a referendum on southern independence would be held on time. Southern Sudan is to hold a ballot in January of next year on whether to secede from the rest of the country. The referendum is a key part of the 2005 peace deal that ended Sudan's north-south civil war.
File photo of Omar al-Bashir| 225pxOmar al-Bashir , the president of Sudan, has been sworn in to another term after winning the country's recent polls, which were largely boycotted by the opposition. In his inauguration speech, al-Bashir said that there would be "no return to war" with southern Sudan , and said a referendum on southern independence would be held on time. Southern Sudan is to hold a ballot in January of next year on whether to secede from the rest of the country. The referendum is a key part of the 2005 peace deal that ended Sudan's north-south civil war.
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