Washington  - The United States Saturday condemned an attack by Sudanese rebels near Khartoum and warned the aggression threatened efforts by the international community to resolve the country's co

Nairobi/Khartoum  - A plane crash which killed a minister and other politicians in southern Sudan Friday was caused by a technical fault, southern Sudanese President Salva Kir said Saturday.

London  - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has contacted the Sudanese government and rebels in Darfur, with an offer to hold peace talks in London, it was announced Sunday.

New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday that the conditions in Sudan's war-torn western region of Darfur have worsened, four years after the UN Security Council first turned its att