A British aid worker has been ambushed and fatally shot by Ugandan rebels in southern Sudan, officials said today.

Southern leader Salva Kiir Mayardit was sworn in as Sudan’s first vice president today, replacing his former boss John Garang, who died in a helicopter crash on July 30.

With cries of God is Great, Sudanese MPs unanimously ratified the government’s peace agreement with the southern rebels today, formally sealing the end to Africa’s longest civil war.

Sudan’s vice president and the country’s main rebel leader signed a comprehensive peace agreement to end Africa’s longest-running conflict today, concluding an eight-year process to stop a civil war that has cost more than two million lives since 1983.

Sudanese government and rebel negotiators today resolved differences that delayed the signing of a deal on a permanent ceasefire and endorsement of a plan to end a 21 year civil.

Government and southern rebel officials are expected to sign a permanent ceasefire deal today and approve a detailed plan on how to end the 21-year civil war in southern Sudan.

The Sudanese government and the main southern rebel group, Sudan People’s Liberation Army, will sign a peace agreement on January 10 in Kenya to end more than 20 years of civil war, a senior government official said today.

Sudanese government and rebel officials have begun negotiating a ceasefire as part of a comprehensive agreement to end a 21-year war in Africa’s largest nation, the chief mediator said.

Sudanese government and rebel officials overcame a significant hurdle toward reaching a comprehensive peace agreement today by signing a protocol on how to share the nation’s wealth, one of the major issues in the 20 year civil war.

US Secretary of State Colin Powell said today that the Sudanese government and rebels fighting a 20-year civil have committed themselves to reaching a comprehensive peace deal by the end of December.

A two-year-old boy was the only survivor of a plane crash in Sudan today that killed 116 passengers and crew.

The Sudanese army said today it has captured a major airport in the south of the country used by rebels to attack oil fields.