KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s president says he intends to step down in 2015 after more than 20 years in power.

In an interview published in several Sudanese dailies on Wednesday, Omar al-Bashir says the people of Sudan need “fresh blood and a new impetus to continue their march.” The next presidential election is due in 2015.

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