President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday promised the families of the officer and 45 soldiers who lost their lives on Wednesday along the Kari-Potiskum-Maiduguri Road in Bauchi State that he would mitigate the harsh effects of their death on them.

Nearly 300 activists joined leaders yesterday at a rally in front of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, calling on the Bush administration to make protecting the people of Darfur and promoting peace for Sudan the top U.S. priority

The tankers that roar down the streets of the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba carry precious water, but health experts suspect much of what they deliver is contaminated.