Bashir announces resignation of Sudan vice president - state media

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir walks out of a hotel in Abuja July 14, 2013. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir announced the resignation of First Vice President Ali Taha on Saturday, state media reported, the first move in a Cabinet reshuffle announced early on Sunday that brought in younger members of the ruling party.

Taha held the country's second-highest political position as first vice president and was the main negotiator of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 that brought an end to the Sudanese civil war.