Last updated: 24 september, 2010 - 08:53 GMT
UN summit pressure on Sudan to keep referendum on track
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It is just four months until the referendum on independence for South Sudan is scheduled to take place but there are fears that the poll is in jeopardy.
In a bid to get both southern and northern Sudanese leaders back on track, a special summit is being held at the UN General Assembly in New York today.
US President Barack Obama will be there to apply pressure so that the poll goes ahead as planned.
However tension is high in Sudan with southern leaders accusing Khartoum of trying to disrupt the vote in order to keep control of the South's oil; while northern officials accuse the SPLM of pushing a separatist agenda.
BBC's James Copnall reports from Khartoum.
First broadcast Friday 24th September
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