Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Sudanese President Omar El Bashirâ?s ruling Nati onal Congress Party (NCP) has signed the countryâ?s newly-endorsed Electoral Code of Conduct, seen by the African Union (AU) as key to ensuring free and fair elections next month in Sudan. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union-led High-Level Panel on Sudan, led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki, has brokered a pre-election deal, to ensure political parties participating in Sudanâ?s elec tions in April stick to the rules of fairness. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The United Nations has taken no position on next year's re ferendum on independence for southern Sudan, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ha s said. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- About 2. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Sudan's National Election Commission (NEC) has sa id candidates for the presidential and parliamentary polls in April must submit t heir nomination forms between 12-22 January, 2010, according to a Sudanese embas s y briefing obtained here Monday. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Sudanese gover nment on Thursday sealed a US$ 91 million programme to support the forthcoming g e neral elections in Sudan. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- US Special Envoy to Sudan, Gen. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The United Nations top envoy to Sudan, Ashraf Qaz i, has hailed an agreement reached between the Sudanese political parties to eas e the conduct of a national referendum, saying the deal â?makes the journey easie râ?. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The United Nations has welcomed the conclusion of a vot er-registration process in the Sudan, which culminated in the registration of so m e 15 million people eligible to take part in the April, 2010, elections. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The United Nations is committed to the delivery of free and fair elections in the Sudan, which would prepare the country for the eventu a l return to democracy after years of civil war in the South. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union (AU) said Thursday it was delig hted at the formulation of an independent National Electoral Commission (NEC) to oversee Sudan's first major elections in several decades due in 2009. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The Sudanese authorities have dispatched 36 electoral o fficers to the 12 southern states to organise elections there, PANA reports from here Monday. Full text...