The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to set up a long-delayed demilitarized zone along their disputed border as soon as possible, a condition for the resumption of oil exports, an African Union mediator said on Saturday.

United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) announced Saturday that four of its peacekeepers were killed and one injured in Sudan's Darfur region.

Sudan's Defense Minister Abdul- Rahim Mohamed Hussein on Saturday headed for Addis Ababa of Ethiopia, to review implementation of the joint cooperation deal signed between Sudan and South Sudan, official SUNA news agency reported.

Sudan on Friday refuted Israeli claims that Khartoum has agreed on building an Iranian military base on the Red Sea.

Sudan and Libya on Friday agreed to revise the integration agreements between them to serve the interests of the two peoples.

The Sudanese army on Friday acknowledged attacking forces of the Darfur Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), a signatory to a peace deal with the Sudanese government, holding the movement responsible of being present at an area it does not belong to, Sudan's Ashrouq Net reported.

The Darfur Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM), a signatory to a peace deal with Sudan government, on Thursday accused the Sudanese army of attacking its military units and threatened to withdraw from the agreement.

Two people were killed and four policemen injured Sunday in armed clashes between Sudanese government forces and a religious extremist group in central Sudan, official Sudan radio reported.

Sudan and South Sudan on Sunday reiterated commitment to the cooperation agreement signed between them, stressing the importance of speeding up the agreement's implementation and finding a satisfactory settlement for outstanding issues.

The death toll from yellow fever jumped to 150 in Sudan's Darfur region and the number of infection cases to 400, Khartoum's Al-Ray Al Am daily reported Sunday.

El-Fasher, the biggest town in Sudan's Darfur region, was targeted Saturday by armillary shelling believed to be launched by rebels, Sudan's Ashrouq net reported.

Sudan on Tuesday asked the United Nations (UN) and the international community to put pressure on the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/northern sector to deliver humanitarian assistance to the people affected by the conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile areas, the official SUNA news agency reported.

The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) on Monday expressed concerns over mounting violence in Sudan's Darfur region which has been witnessing a civil war since 2003.

Two Darfur rebel groups said they destroyed a Sudanese military convoy after an ambush held on Friday in the road linking the capitals of North and South Darfur states.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is in good condition after undergoing a surgery for treating vocal cords inflammation in Saudi Arabia, a spokesman said Wednesday.

Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Karti refuted Tuesday that there was any connection between the arrival of two Iranian warships in Port-Sudan and the recent attack on an arsenal complex in the capital Khartoum.

It was a Holy Communion Sunday and a special thanksgiving day at the St. Rita's Catholic Church in Malali area of Kaduna, a state in the north-central part of Nigeria. Songs of praise had been rendered. The sermon had been delivered by the priest. The well-attended Sunday mass was about faith and healing.

Sudan's Foreign Ministry said Monday the Sudanese arms manufacturing has no relationship with any foreign party, renewing its condemnation of Israel over the recent attack against Al-Yarmouk arms factory in Khartoum.

During her visit to Kenya this week, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda included talks in Nairobi with South Sudanese Vice-President Riek Machar to discuss the arrest warrant against Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir, according to regional media reports.

Chadian President Idris Deby discussed peace Thursday with the leadership of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement - military council (JEM-MC) which just signed a cessation of hostilities and good will agreement earlier this week.