Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on Friday appointed a chief administrator for the contested oil ...

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on Friday appointed by decree a chief administrator for the ...

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on Friday appointed an administrator for the contested oil ...

KHARTOUM, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - Sudanese kidnappers on Friday released an Indian oil worker and his driver in good health, following a 74-day hostage drama in the heart of the African country, the Indian ambassador told AFP.

'(He) was released this morning along with the Sudanese driver. He's in good health I spoke to him. He should be in Khartoum tomorrow,' said Deepak Vohra.

YALA, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - Three people have been killed and two soldiers injured in separate incidents across Thailand's insurgency-hit south, as the army warned Wednesday of an escalation in separatist attacks.

Two privates assigned to protect teachers in the Muslim-majority southern province of Yala were seriously wounded in a roadside blast early Wednesday, officials said.

YALA, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - Televised claims of a ceasefire by separatist militants were derided Friday as a hoax by residents in Thailand's Muslim-majority south, after a veteran insurgent leader disavowed the move.

YALA, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - Thailand's army is increasingly using controversial 're-education' camps to indoctrinate young Muslim men in the hope of stopping them from joining a bloody insurgency, officials and activists say.

JUBA, July 15, 2008 (AFP) - At restaurants, pubs and on the streets of southern Sudan, the only buzz of excitement is the move from the world court prosecutor to demand President Omar al-Beshir be arrested for war crimes.

JUBA, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - Sudan's ex-foes have agreed on a police force and command for the contested oil district of Abyei, where fighting in May posed the biggest test for a fledgling peace, a UN official said Wednesday.

KHARTOUM, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - British Foreign Minister David Miliband said Wednesday that the next three years of implementing the accord ending Sudan's civil war were 'absolutely critical', as the six-year deal marked its mid-term.