- The GoS continued intense areal bombing in wide areas in west Dafur. In areas close to South Darfur, military jets and bombers continued bombings in areas of Kas, Jabal Marra, and Gulu.
In East and West ElGeneinah (largest city in West Darfur), Antonovs and Miggs continued for the seventh day bombing the villages around Algeneinah and Jabal Moon.Eyewitnesses told Radio Dabanga that in one location a village of Tmur was bombed and 30 civilians were killed. In a phone call it was reported by an eyewitness that the military planes dropped much powerful exploding bombs this round. The eyewitnesses added that there are many families in the Jabal Moon area started to flee towards neighboring Chad. The GoS sources say that they are after the rebels.
- 2 of the 3 indicted by ICC for war crimes in Darfur are running for high offices in the coming Elections.
- Omer Albashir has officially filed for running for the Presidency of Sudan.
- Ahmed Haroun is nominated officially to run for the Governor post in South Kordofan.
Nafi Ali Nafi (who is also running for Parliament) announced the names of the NCP nominations for Governors posts across Sudan and the National Parliament. The names and faces are familiar (hardcore of NCP).
Nafi made scornful jokes about the opposition parties and declared that they (the opposition) are dreaming of Election's postponement. He declared that NCP will win "democratically" in the coming Elections and asked mockingly: isn't that what the opposition wants, democratic Elections?
