Sudan youngsters overwhelmingly favor Obama for presidency

November 3, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – A recent survey conducted in Khartoum showed that the majority of younger Sudanese prefer US democratic presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama to win Tuesday’s elections.


US Senator Barack Obama

The government sponsored Sudanese Media Center (SMC) website reported that Khartoum Business FM radio found that 80% of the poll participants’ said they favored Obama, 10% for republican contender Senator John McCain and the remaining said they like neither candidates.

Obama is generally favored worldwide as opposed to McCain owing to his charismatic appeal and the unpopular republican president in the White House.

The democratic candidate heads to the elections tomorrow with a comfortable lead in all national polls so far making him the likely winner.

However this is not necessarily good news for all in Sudan.

The Sudanese ruling National Congress Party (NCP) considers the Democratic Party generally hostile to them. Obama is surrounded by figures considered “hawkish” in their view of the NCP.

Obama’s running mate Joseph Biden for example is a strong proponent of military intervention in the war ravaged region of Darfur.

Despite tense relations between Khartoum and Washington they maintained strong counter-terrorism cooperation. Some US activists even accused the Bush administration of being too lenient on the Sudanese government particularly on the issue of Darfur to preserve the intelligence flow of information.

The Sudanese president in an interview with the daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat last year gave a rare praise to the Bush administration saying they helped foster peace agreement in the South.

The spokesperson for the Sudanese foreign ministry Ali Al-Sadiq said in statements today that they are indifferent to McCain or Obama.

“For us there is no difference between the two. Some refer to the missile attack on Sudan and the pharmaceutical factory” he said.

Al-Sadiq was referring to a decision by former president Bill Clinton to bomb Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan for suspecting that it produced chemical weapons.

Sudan’s foreign minister Deng Alor further said today that “the coming US president could have a new method of dealing, but the policy of the United States is stable”.

Many observers emphasize that foreign policy is likely to take a backseat in the midst of an unprecedented financial crisis that threatens to drown the US into a recession.

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9 Forum messages

Sudan youngsters overwhelmingly favor Obama for presidency 4 November 2008 06:51, by Freedom Fighter

This is very interesting survey from Sudanese Media Center ( SMC ). I wish if the SMC also can conduct a survey on the Sudanese people approval for president Omer Albashir’s performance along with the Sudanese approval rate for first vice president Salva Kiir Mayardit.

Sudan youngsters overwhelmingly favor Obama for presidency 4 November 2008 07:56, by Rambang Deng

Freedom Fighter;

I wonder the same. I wish Mr.President along with his VP, have to face a public polls and evalued their performance.

As for youngsters loving Barrack Obama, is simply a natural thing around the world. The man won his party’s nomination with help of youth votes in the United States. Most youths around the world are tired of old folks who have hangover from the dark past. I wish every country around the world hold a free election between a younger man and a old guard. We are tired of their misguided policies and want them out to enjoy their retirement somewhere sunny, not The Hague.

African Colonial era presidents who have hangover from that dark past such as Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Mai Kibaki of Kenya and the not so old but, dictator Yuweri Museveni of Uganda must go now because their ideas and perceiptions are outdated and have nothing to do with our lives today and make up of world community at large.
- Sudan youngsters overwhelmingly favor Obama for presidency 4 November 2008 09:51, by tayeb M. Alhassan
  
  Give me Five MAN !!!
  
  And Much more of them if we we go to North Africa with no counry by name. we are tired.
  - Sudan youngsters overwhelmingly favor Obama for presidency 4 November 2008 11:04, by muzungu Alfred
    
    Nonsense,allow me to give you guys this African Proverb which says"A new broom sweep cleaner than an old broom but the old one knows all the corners" Obama is just nothing to Mccain, it’s because Obama speak what they(the youth) want to hear.He is a man with no military backgroung, what will he do what if another Sept 11 come? Most people use to hide in the name of democracy where at the end of the day when they failed they resort to violance.And this’s exactly what will happen to sudan’s next year election.Election is like playing card or dominoes. Mccain the striker!!
    - Sudan youngsters overwhelmingly favor Obama for presidency 4 November 2008 12:02, by Bum Bum Ramkel
      
      Readers,
      
      In every game, there is always a winner, neither Mc of Republican nor Obama of Democrates will change nothing on existing Parties’s Political agenda to American Politics. Pointing figures on each of the Candidates is in itself "crying over split milk." The Basic and Fundamental contribution of successive candidate will focus much on their existing policy.However, Analyst should look into fate of Obama took over power in the United States of America, a change that a Black man would not believe in the History of Mankind, Should it automatically refute terrorists Network towards the United State? Will that not be a setback for the new United Nation administration to refrained to the out-going President, Goerge W. Bush if frequent attack prolong? What guarantee his safety in Power as lesson from J. F. Kennedy presist. On the other hand, What if Mc helps, to win the election though not at stake, will he change the existing Bush policy towards terrorist? As Terrorist Network is advancing world-wide,I fear to accept and express support to any of the two candidates.
      
      Therefore, the issue should not be US Election but what if after US Election, "President Bush on war against terror did not material on some extend that fears remains as out going President to more or less be a Prime target by the Terror.
      - Sudan youngsters overwhelmingly favor Obama for presidency 4 November 2008 14:21, by tayeb M. Alhassan
        
        It is a dramatic change but believable to happen in America as America itself fed up of “old folks or guards” as one of our friends commended on another article this morning. As far as we know the Americans are not convinced with what the out-going President Bush politics or his what-so-called war against terror. They are not happy to see their children slaughtered in ghost wars in Iraq or Afghanistan for nothing but to make them believe in the war on terror lie. To fight terror, you need to figure out to identify what is terror otherwise you will change into a terrorist ninja against terror that offspring more terror. Americans highly believe in what Obama has been repeatedly saying all throughout his campaign to accept him in the White House. I think they succeeded to put the cart on the right path of the awaited change. Black Obama in the White House is a new hope for the entire Globe, first to restore America’s power then rectifies those mischievous policies that produced terror. If so, the United Nations will be of no need for more wars justifications and no more attacks going to target America. Obama’s personal safety, we believe in god when HE puts an end anybody’s life no body can stand against that but we pray night and day nothing bad happens to him all throughout his term/terms.
        
        Sudan youngsters overwhelmingly favor Obama for presidency 4 November 2008 18:45, by manyok R
        
        Okay, let’s say if Barack Obama wins the united states election, what lesson if any, will the result teach us, we the people of Africa and in particular Eastern African where our Presidents rule for life. Can his hard won election if he wins, spark a debate in our people about the ways the losers who claim to be above life presidents in Eastern Africa change? Will we the people of Africa miss again an important opportunity to learn and evaluate the systems we use to elect our presidents?
        
        I think the lesson we must learn out of Obama’s success in the United States is the idea people there value the talent in their leaders not their ethnicity which is the criteria we use in Africa. Barack Obama would have been another wasted brain in Africa if he was born over there.
        
        President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda , Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, Issaias Afeworki of Eritrea, Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti, Somalia no one is known as the head of state, and all others states of Africa, can they learn something from the Barack Obama’s victory? I just wish all people of Africa regardless of their ethnicity, religion and region should wake up for a minute and think about the losers we chose and worship as our leaders who don’t love to see others like Barack Obama come to power in Africa.
        
        Sudan youngsters overwhelmingly favor Obama for presidency 5 November 2008 13:45, by tayeb M. Alhassan
        
        cheer up man !!!
        
        Let’s pin point figure out the track, especially in our Sudan we need to start from now. We need to think before we act, what are going to do. What is our project criterion to change Sudan into a real democratic country? We know there are the old-power-thirsty folks who always jump on the seat when democratic elections run to choose the head of state. Then immediately after, they get drowned in the near shallow shore of politics to get removed by a stars-shouldered army man wasting the young but ill born experience. We must have a dream to achieve not only sit to damn the darkness. Actually Sudan human infrastructure has changed alot since long time but nobody has figure out that change. Countrywide we have honest educated well aware men; they can lead the country out of the unwanted present without to sink again into the damn past if we have the ability to select the right man. and only the right people can select the right man.
        
        Let the old weed down grow and plant mahogany trees, then the weed will get choked down under and change naturely will occur. It is time to jump not to crawl

Sudan youngsters overwhelmingly favor Obama for presidency 6 November 2008 10:54, by gatluak Reat Nhial

Tops a round the world in Democratic remain as only American. in actual sense America remain united as stated by John McCain the senate member of Republican, who had missed the the presidential post this year simply b/se the world rights and Rulers has indicated a very wonderful, significant, remarkable revolutionary for a United State of America to be Ruled by Black African which could never happen whether in Africa or Asia ,Middle East and any where around the world. therefore we all come as one Nation in the beginning and lastly ended with segregations and discriminations than today American as shown significant Human right without opposing.However, congratulation to your newly pure Black President Hon:Barrak Obama for new year 2009_2012 term. to you my dear Southern Sudanese with relatives out side the continent, the Great Africa mainly in America never think of your whether brother or sister to either come back to South Sudan as long as the Best, clear Human right had been shown by American to day each of American Emigrant has right to rule and therefore no need for Sudan. this is an other illegal way of American to migrated people to their Country take care.

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