The United Nations Security Council is no stranger to intractable international disputes. But soon Sudan will present it with a different kind of problem, one it has not faced in its 62-year history.

The Federal Government has described the indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC) as ill-timed and an action that could aggravate the already bad situation in the country.

President Isaias Afwerki today received and held talks with a Sudanese government delegation headed by the Minister of Justice, Mr. Abdulbast Sebderat. The delegation also includes Mr. Al-Semani Al-Wesila, Deputy Foreign Minister.

The U.N said Friday that Rwandan General Karenzi Karake whose tenure as deputy force commander in Darfur is under fire - should stay still on his job because it was satisfied with his professional service, RNA reports.

The Federal Government has said that it has the capacity to effectively tackle and deal with the militant groups that have taken and held hostage the Niger Delta area.

In a twist of realism, a new feature film, "Johnny Mad Dog", uses a cast of actual ex-child soldiers from Liberia to portray the violent lives of youth forced to participate in armed conflict.

The call by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, ICC, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, for the arrest of Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir, is already a subject of debate among journalists in Douala.

The head of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS) has called on the ongoing Lambeth Conference to defend the unity of the Anglican Communion but at the same time condemned ordination of homosexuals.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Juba in South Sudan is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its pastor, Archbishop Paolino Lukudu Loro.

Human security should come first in seeking conflict resolution in the Horn of Africa. Favour should be shown to partners that protect their people - whether they are state or non-state actors - and not just to those who claim to protect western interests. And all states in the region should be required to conform to "the normal conventions of international conduct."

A contingent of 126 Egyptian engineers today arrived in El Fasher, Darfur, according to the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission (UNAMID).

Rwanda will pull its troops from the Sudanese troubled region of Darfur if the U.N ends the contract of General Karenzi Karake as its deputy force commander, according to a new ultimatum that government has put up.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said his government has not expelled the UPDF from its territory.

South Sudanese president Salva Kiir wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) to delay the indictment of Sudan president Omar el Bashir until the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) with the South has been implemented and a peaceful settlement in Darfur has been reached.

Coming so soon after the International Criminal Court's indictment of Sudanese President Hassan al-Bashir, the capture on Monday of former Serbian President Radovan Karadzic reinforces the message that leaders everywhere must ultimately be called to account.

Uganda People's Defence Forces is still pursuing heavily armed Sudanese Topotha warriors who crossed in the country on July 17, and were involved in a battle with the UPDF at Kanangorok, near Murongole hills in Kaabong District.

Housemaids are usually tempted to punish children who step on floors they have just mopped.

ROOFINGS expects $10m (about sh16.3b) from exports to southern Sudan this year, the chief executive officer, Sikander Lalani, has predicted.

SOUTH Sudanese President Salva Kiir wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) to delay the indictment of Sudanese President Omar el Bashir until the Comprehensive Peace Agreement with the south has been implemented and a peaceful settlement in Darfur has been reached.

The head of the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) met today with President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan at the mission's headquarters in El Fasher.

The Sudanese Government today signed an agreement with United Nations agencies operating in the country on a four-year aid plan covering peacebuilding, governance and the rule of law, employment, education and health care as well as other services.

Sudan is sending its First Vice President, Gen. Salva Kiir to lobby President Yoweri Museveni to rally behind the country's leader, Gen. Omar al Bashir, indicted for war crimes in the Darfur region by the International Criminal Court.

On the afternoon of 21 July 2008, a UN security officer was beaten up by military personnel of the Government of Sudan and then forced into a military vehicle before being taken to a Military base.

Al Hilal striker Kelechi Osunwa has told KickOffNigeria.com that although the Sudanese club expected to get victory in their CAF Champions League match against Enyimba on Friday, they were braced for a difficult game.

The establishment a few years ago of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to try exceptionally grievous crimes against humanity as perpetrated by rulers or groups of rulers in various corners of the world was tragically late.