American envoy arrives in Sudan for Darfur talks

The US envoy for the Sudan, Andrew Natsios, arrived in the war-torn African country last night for talks on the Darfur crisis.

Sudan’s leadership is facing pressure on three fronts over Darfur – the International Criminal Court this week accused a junior Cabinet minister of war crimes, the UN Security Council is pushing to deploy UN peacekeepers in the troubled region of western Sudan, and the junior partner in the government coalition supports the UN deployment.