Amnesty urges action in West Sudan

Cairo - Rights group Amnesty International said fighting was persisting in West Sudan despite a ceasefire between the government and rebels, and said time was running out to avert a humanitarian disaster before the rainy season.

The Sudanese government and two main rebel factions in the impoverished Darfur region signed a truce on April 8 to allow urgent aid to reach about one million people affected by the conflict.

Aid officials say rains are expected to start from late May and could hinder the distribution of aid and medical supplies. Rebels took up arms against the government in February 2003 to push for a fairer share of power and Sudan's resources.

http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw1083411001853B235&set_id=1

Sorry, Junior has spent all our response money on a lie in Iraq.

By Tom Ashby
LAGOS (Reuters) - Clashes between rival Nigerian tribes of Christians and Muslims have killed more than 100 and wounded 1,000, a Nigerian Red Cross official said Friday.

Details of the latest fighting over farmland and livestock in the remote communities on the border between the central Plateau and Taraba states Tuesday have been slow to emerge, partly because telephone lines in Taraba are not working.

"It must have been more than 100, but we cannot confirm a specific number of dead," the Nigerian Red Cross Society official said.

A local newspaper in Plateau state reported at least 120 killed in attacks on the villages of Old Sarkin Kudu, New Sarkin Kudu, Auoshima One, Auoshima Two, Angon Masu and Sabon Layi. The bodies were scattered across the bush, the paper reported.

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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5004081§ion=news

can't help here either. :(