'Britain just wants our riches', says Sudanese leader

Sudan’s president accused Britain, the US and Europe of interfering over crisis-torn Darfur, saying they were interested only in his country’s “riches and resources”.

President Omar al-Bashir warned that his government did not want war, but was ready for it, during a rare show of public support last night for a paramilitary force accused of atrocities in the western Sudanese region.