Sudan's president in crisis bid

Mr Bashir has been considering the SPLM's requests since Sunday

Sudan's president has reshuffled his cabinet to try to resolve a political crisis created when former southern rebels pulled out of the coalition.
The reshuffle came after Omar al-Bashir's first talks with southern leaders since last week's walkout.

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) members quit the cabinet last Thursday, complaining key elements of a 2005 peace deal were being ignored.

But the group says it will not rejoin government until all demands are met.

As well as requesting a cabinet reshuffle, the SPLM wants boundary demarcations and the redeployment of northern troops from the south to be implemented.

There have been fears that the crisis could jeopardise the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the 21-year north-south civil war.