Sudan's government and a collection of Darfur rebel groups signed a cease-fire Thursday — the second such deal in less than a month with a key rebel faction — opening the way for political negotiations ahead of a full peace agreement. The Sudanese government now has truces with ...

A Franco-British staffer of the international Red Cross kidnapped in Darfur last October was freed on Thursday, the last captive aid worker in the war-torn Sudanese region to be released. "I am extremely relieved to be freed. I want to thank everyone involved. I know many people worked for my release," Gauthier Lefevre said after arriving at Khartoum airport. "It ...

Sudan's government and a Darfur rebel group, the Liberation and Justice Movement, signed a framework peace deal on Thursday, as talks with the larger Justice and Equality Movement appeared to falter. The agreement for a ceasefire and talks was signed in Doha by Ghazi Salahuddin, an adviser to Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, and LJM leader El-Tijani El-Sissi. "This is ...