Former President John Agyekum Kufuor, leader of the 51-member Observer Mission of the African Union to the Sudanese elections, on Thursday visited polling stations in Darfur, Western Sudan.
President Kufuor visited El Fasher in Northern Dafur and El Geneina in Western Dafur where he held meetings with the governors of the two states, Wali Osman Mohammed Kibir and Wali Abdul Wasim, respectively.
A statement in Accra signed by Mr Frank Agyekum, spokesperson for the former President, said in both states, President Kufuor was briefed by officials of the Joint United Nations and African Union Peace-Keeping Force (UNAMID) who were helping to maintain peace in Sudan.
Voting in most centres were peaceful although some party agents complained that prospective voters have had to be turned away because they could not find their names on the voters' registers, the statement said.
It said the Electoral Officers at those centres reported that missing names could appear because the centres at which the persons were registered were different from the polling centres.
There were about 16,000 centres which were opened during the registration exercise but this had been reduced to about 9,000 for the voting exercise. Voters would have to check at more than one centre to find their names to enable them to cast their ballot.
The incidence of voters not able to trace their names on time and other logistical problems such as the delay in delivering voting materials had led to the extension of voting from the original three days to five, the statement added.
Sudan is voting for the first time in 25 years to elect a President, a 450-member National Assembly and a myriad of gubernatorial, parliamentary and other executive positions.
Voters in the North are voting to elect officials for eight different positions while those in the South vote for 12 different positions.