**Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has asked opposition parties to join his government if he wins landmark elections currently under way.**With polling due to end on Thursday, Mr Bashir has extended an offer to other parties to join his ruling National Congress Party.
Many of Sudan’s opposition parties boycotted all or part of the poll, alleging fraud by Mr Bashir’s party.
The elections are the first multiparty polls in the country since 1984.
The polls are part of a peace deal which ended two decades of war in 2005, but have been marred by voting irregularities and alleged rigging.
They are widely expected to keep Mr Bashir, who is wanted by the UN for war crimes in Sudan’s Darfur region, in power for another five years.
The BBC’s Martin Plaut says the key issue is now whether the international community will endorse the elections as free and fair.
Polling began on Sunday and was due to last three days, but was later extended.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.