TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY TOM LITTLE Sudanese farmer Hasab al-Rasul Mohamed Ali tends to his crops in Shendi, the hometown of President Omar al-Bashir, located on the banks of the Nile in Sudan's Arab heartland 190 kilometres (120 miles) from Khartoum on April 1, 2015. Shendi has reaped the benefits of a quarter century of Bashir rule with the town's infrastructure greatly improving since his reign in power. AFP PHOTO / ASHRAF SHAZLY (Photo credit should read ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images)