. >>> now, polls have opened in sudan for elections that are expected to return president bashier toer. the 71-year-old has ruled the country for 25 years and face no sir real competition. the mainstream opposition is boycotting the vote. and the international community skeptical the poll will deliver a credit result. catherine soi reports from khartoum. >> reporter: some of these young men have lived for as long as omar al bashir has been president. he had in the past said that he would not seek reelection. but now it's almost certain that he will likely win this election election. he is a 25-year-old university student from darfur, most of his family has been displaced by the conflict there. he blames the president for failing to keep the peace. >> translator: he always makes promises in campaigns but after he wins he doesn't keep them. his government continues to kill people. he's a lie layer. >> reporter: president bashier was indicted by the international criminal court for war crimes? dar fewer. also under his watch rebel took up arms against the government. many people have be

. >>> i am at a polling station where president omar bashier is expected to vote in a couple of hours exactly 8:00, polls open now. but let me just move away from the shot so that john can show you the background behind me. there is actually no one -- we are told this is the situation in several other polling stations at least here in khartoum but it's still early days being elizabeth this is an exercise that will take three days and we can't really tell whether the boycott that has been called for by the opposition is going to impact on the voter turn out until the end of voting on wednesday. but we have talked to a lot of people in the streets since we came here they are -- many of those we talk to are frustrated, elizabeth. they are frustrate about this leadership talking about the need for change. they are saying that they deserve a better life. they don't see what president bashier is going do differently that he hasn't already been doing. [ audio difficulties ] >> reporter: some of these young men have lived for as long as omar al al bashir has been president. he had in the past

the ruling party officials say bashier's achievements are many.top of the list the creation of south sudan. >> i am ready to challenge anyone to come and talk to me. let us make a comparison between what they did since the time of independence of sudan and until omar alba here is came and what he did in education. in health. in industry. >> reporter: the president has promised to deal can security and the national dialogue. and smeared the process of rewriting the constitution. when you walk around khartoum. most of their campaign posters you find are of omar al bashir. it seems he is the only one campaigning. it's because they say he has the resources and his government has silences dissenting voices with regular crack downs and arbitrary arrests. but for them it doesn't matter who is is he top. her concern is how her life will improve. >> translator: there will be no difference between the old and new government. i just want my business to be good for my children and i. >> reporter: do you have a vote? >> no. kwr06789 he >> reporter: he said eve

. >> bashier seized power in a military coupe in 1989. he is the only sitting president wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes in darfour. critics say he has quashed civil lib we can at this. he has a care as -- he is a charismatic man backed by many especially women. they are said to be his biggest supporters. we are here to provide a better way of living for citizenship and help the weak and the poor. we don't want anyone to be hungry. >> there are ten men and one woman running against bashier but you wouldn't know it by watching television. >> i just see one person, bashear. i would like to see more options. >>> many here say the economy is the most pressing issue facing sudan the official unemployment rate is 18%. inflation is 37%. >> if the government is serious about dealing with the misses rabble economic reality, there are two things the government should do: one, cut government spending, and, two, combat rampant corruption. >> when elections begin on monday, many sudanese expect five more years of the same even

bashier, appeared, now in his 26th year of power after a coup in 1989, the leader has shown no signs of giving up. bashie rfertion told the crowd we'reier, told the crowd hehasn't registered to vote. natasha guinane, al jazeera khartoum. >> encouraging news about the west african ebola outbreak, the risk of the virus spreading to other countries is declining. the outbreak has killed more than 10,000 people since it began in december 2014, lowist number of cases in nearly a year. >>> authorities have given green light to official shut down chernobyl power plants. >> nowhere near a total price tack for a complete cleanup. >> we focus on lingering health effects primarily on children born decades after the nuclear melt down. andrew simmons has the story from chernobyl. >> only three and a half months old, this baby is clinging on to life. his heart has been stopped. a machine takes over. >> without this surgery baby could not survived. >> this doctor leads the chernobyl heart team. most of these cases were late to the 1988 nuclear accidents. >> this baby was so big and so strange, not u