By the CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) -- Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will be sworn in for a new term Thursday amid an outcry from human rights groups over his international war-crimes indictment.
Al-Bashir won the country's controversial but historic presidential election with roughly two-thirds of the vote, the nation's election commission said.
The elections were the first in 24 years in the oil-rich African nation, which has seen deadly violence in Darfur and a civil war between north and south.
International observers, including the United States, criticized the elections and said there were irregularities in many parts of the country.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said intimidation and threats were reported in south Sudan. The ongoing conflict in Darfur also made it unfavorable for voting, he said.
