Mohammed Ali Saeed

Sudan accused Washington of seeking to overthrow the regime of President Omar al-Bashir by using rights groups and foreign powers, a top presidential adviser was quoted as saying on Thursday. "The new American strategy for dismantling the Sudanese government from within is based on inciting international pressure on Khartoum," Mustafa Osman Ismail said.

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir voiced strong opposition to the deployment of Western troops in war-torn Darfur, vowing his country would not be "recolonised", state media reported on Tuesday. "I swear that there will not be any international military intervention in Darfur as long as I am in power," al-Beshir was quoted as saying.

Civilians made homeless by the civil war in Sudan’s western region of Darfur say they remain prey to attack by militiamen because they are unable to survive on the relief supplies provided in their camps. In the al-Sereif and Otach camps, women were among those who said they were forced to leave the protection of their tent cities to find food and firewood.