South Sudanese Present Demands

As a crisis threatens to destroy a two-year peace agreement, officials of south Sudan's former rebel movement have presented demands of the government. On Thursday,the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) decided to withdraw from a national unity government. A delegation led by south Sudanese Vice-President Riek Machar had hoped to meet Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir. Instead the presented a letter listing the issues the SPLM wants settled before returning to power sharing.