African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki urged the UN Security Council to take action to stop the fighting between Sudan and South Sudan, warning that both sides are locked in a "logic of war" with hardliners increasingly in control.

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.

Sudan activists have called for the international community to intervene in Sudan after a US group released satellite photos of what appear to be mass graves.