Calls to delay Sudan's election

Concern is growing in Sudan over calls by opposition parties to delay next month's election, the first full ballot for a quarter of a century.

Many are angry at the printing of ballot papers in a government press in Khartoum that opposition groups say heightens the risk of rigging, as well as the continued use of tough security laws that they say prevent open campaigning.

President Omar al-Bashir was due to meet with the southern president Salva Kiir later today to try to break the dead lock, although it is not clear if that meeting will go ahead.

Some opposition candidates are warning the poll will not be free and fair.

Network Africa's Akwasi Sarpong found out more from our south Sudan reporter, Peter Martell.