At least 40 killed in Darfur as UN’s Sudan chief quits

By AFP An air raid on Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region killed at least 40 civilians Wednesday, according to a medical source, as the head of the UN mission to the country resigned. Volker Perthes, who has been “persona non grata” by Sudanese authorities since June, warned the United Nations Security Council again, in his final briefing before leaving the post, that Sudan’s war risks further deterioration. “Forty civilians have been killed in an air strike that hit two markets and a number of the city’s neighbourhoods,” the medical source told AFP from a hospital in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur. The source asked for anonymity out of security concerns. Since battles began on April 15 between the regular army, […]