**The European Union has withdrawn its election observers from Sudan’s Darfur region, saying safety fears were hindering their work.**The move comes ahead of Sudan’s presidential, legislative and municipal elections set for Sunday - the first multi-party vote since 1986.
Opposition parties say the polls in Darfur are a farce while a seven-year conflict continues in the region.
Some 1.5 million people have died in the fighting.
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