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Sudan's Bashir will not stand for reelection - party



    KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will not seek re-election, as part of a package of reforms to democratise the country, a senior ruling party official said on Monday.

    "(Bashir) announced that he will not enter the coming elections to compete for the presidency," Rabie Abdelati, a senior National Congress Party official told Reuters.

    According to Sudan's current constitution, the next presidential elections are due in four years time.

    (Reporting by Opheera McDoom; Editing by Matthew Jones)