Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has asked opposition¹ parties to join his government if he wins landmark² elections currently under way.

如果苏丹现任总统奥马尔·巴希尔赢得正在进行的具有里程碑意义的总统选举，他将邀请反对派政党参与到政府之中。

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Many opposition parties boycotted all or part of the vote

With polling due to end on Thursday, Mr Bashir has extended an offer to other parties to join his ruling National Congress Party.

Many of Sudan's opposition parties boycotted（联合抵制，拒绝参加） all or part of the poll, alleging⁴（宣称，断言） fraud by Mr Bashir's party.

The elections are the first multiparty polls in the country since 1984.

The polls are part of a peace deal which ended two decades of war in 2005, but have been marred⁵ by voting irregularities（谬误，不规则） and alleged⁶ rigging.

They are widely expected to keep Mr Bashir, who is wanted by the UN for war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region, in power for another five years.

The BBC's Martin Plaut says the key issue is now whether the international community will endorse⁷（支持，赞同） the elections as free and fair.

Polling began on Sunday and was due to last three days, but was later extended.