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 KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudan's president swore in a new unity cabinet on Thursday, officially ending a three-month-old opposition walkout and political crisis that had threatened to re-ignite Sudan's north-south civil war.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his one-time military rival, First Vice President Salva Kiir, swore in the new cabinet members at the Republican Palace before they went to the council of ministers to hold a symbolic opening session.
Sudan's bloody two decade north-south civil war resulted in an estimated 2 million dead and only ended in 2005 with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which envisioned creating a unity government including the southern Sudanese People's Liberation Movement.
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