George Clooney and his father were arrested yesterday during a protest outside the Sudanese embassy, and the actor said he has asked President Barack Obama to engage China on stopping a humanitarian crisis in northern Africa.

George Clooney and his father were arrested today during a protest outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington.

Actor George Clooney and his father have been arrested at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington.

Actor and human rights activist George Clooney made a quiet visit to a volatile border region between Sudan and South Sudan last week ahead of giving evidence to the US Senate.

SUDAN activists yesterday called on the United States and the international community to intervene in a region of Sudan inaccessible to outsiders, after a US group released satellite photos of what they said appear to be mass graves.