China's military drills around Taiwan entered their second day on Tuesday, the sixth major manoeuvres Beijing has held near the self-ruled island in recent years.
Emboldened by their October capture of the army's last stronghold in Darfur, the RSF and their allies have in recent weeks descended in full force on Kordofan.
Part of the opposition called for a boycott of the poll, in which 2.3 million people were eligible to vote, condemning it as a sham and lacking political dialogue.