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Sudan’s president swore in a new unity Cabinet on Thursday, officially ending a 3-month-old opposition walkout and political crisis that had threatened to reignite Sudan’s north-south civil war.
President Omar al-Bashir and his one-time military rival, First Vice President Salva Kiir Mayardit, swore in the Cabinet.
Ministers of the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement walked out in October in protest, accusing Khartoum of foot-dragging in implementing key points of the peace deal.
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Items compiled from Tribune news services.
