More than 60 people have been killed and another 60 wounded in fresh violence in the West Darfur region of Sudan, UN officials announced Sunday.

A tribal chief says gunmen killed at least 20 people, including children, in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region.

The UN refugee agency says the violence in Sudan’s West Darfur region forced 57,000 people to flee their homes over the past month.

Brokering lasting peace in Darfur and other parts is a main challenge facing military and civilian authorities.

The death toll from sporadic tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan’s West Darfur Province rises to at least two dozen people.

A court in Sudan sentences 29 members of the intelligence service to death for involvement in the torture and death of a detained protester during the government’s deadly crackdown against protesters earlier this year.

The Sudanese government and nine rebel groups sign an agreement on a roadmap towards ending the bloody conflict in the Darfur region.

Sudan has opened an investigation into crimes committed in the Darfur region by members of the regime of ousted former president Omar al-Bashir.

Rights groups urge Sudan's transitional government to end the "reign of impunity" for war crimes committed in Darfur.

Sudan's ruling council and rebel leaders have started peace talks to end the country's multiple conflicts.