Sudan rebels join talks on Darfur crisis

Pushed to end what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, envoys of Sudan’s government gathered in Nigeria today for talks with rebel leaders in Sudan’s bloodied western Darfur region.

Majzoub al-Khalifa Ahmad, a Cabinet minister and government delegate to failed Darfur peace talks in July, led Sudan’s government delegation to Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, for the one-day talks.