Five years of planning and investment from the international community in Sudan culminates on Sunday when its people head to the polls.

The presidential, parliamentary and local elections will be the country's first multi-party polls in 24 years.

But it has been called a sham by critics as fighting persists in Darfur.

Al Jazeera's Mohamed Vall reports from Northern Darfur on how the security situation could affect voting. (April 10 2010)